Overestimation of umbilical cord coiling index with segmental versus total length assessment

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 303-305

  Peres, Luiz Cesar ^a   Taylor, Deborah ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coiling index; Hypercoiling; Hypocoiling; Placenta; Umbilical cord

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHORION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORD STRICTURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPERCOILING; HYPOCOILING; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LABOR COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOSIS; UMBILICAL CORD; UMBILICAL CORD COILING INDEX; UMBILICAL CORD COMPLICATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; FIXATIVES; FORMALDEHYDE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; TISSUE FIXATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 84868656177     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: 16155742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2350/12-03-1172-OA.1     Document Type: Article

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