Birth weight correlates with size but not shape of the normal human placenta

Placenta

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 574-582

  Haeussner, E ^a   Schmitz, C ^a   Von Koch, F ^b   Frank, H G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Geometric morphometric analysis; Placenta anatomy and histology; Placenta diagnosis; Placenta growth and development; Placenta shape and size; Prenatal exposure delayed effects

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY SIZE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MORPHOMETRICS; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; PLACENTA SIZE; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ORGAN SIZE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 84878581446     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: 15323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2013.04.011     Document Type: Article

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