Placental weight for gestational age and adverse perinatal outcomes

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1251-1258

  Hutcheon, Jennifer A ^a,b   McNamara, Helen ^a,b   Platt, Robert W ^a,b   Benjamin, Alice ^a,b   Kramer, Michael S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE; STILLBIRTH;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; QUEBEC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861617222     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e318253d3df     Document Type: Article

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