Prevalence, Risk Factors and Outcomes of Velamentous and Marginal Cord Insertions: A Population-Based Study of 634,741 Pregnancies

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Ebbing, Cathrine ^a,b   Kiserud, Torvid ^b   Johnsen, Synnøve Lian ^a   Albrechtsen, Susanne ^a   Rasmussen, Svein ^a,b  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; MULTIVITAMIN;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARGINAL CORD INSERTION; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL DISEASE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERINATAL DEATH; PLACENTA PREVIA; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; TWIN PREGNANCY; VAGINA BLEEDING; VELAMENTOUS CORD INSERTION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; UMBILICAL CORD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880832635     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070380     Document Type: Article

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