Is the placental disk really an ellipse?

Placenta

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 391-393

  Yampolsky, M ^a   Salafia, C M ^b   Misra, D P ^c   Shlakhter, O ^d   Gill, J S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Placental Analytics LLC   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birthweight; Chorionic surface; Placental shape; Placental weight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CHORION; ELLIPSE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEASUREMENT; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL DISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL CORD;

BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; ORGAN SIZE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84875216459     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: 15323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2012.12.002     Document Type: Article

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