Umbilical cord shortening: Quantification postdelivery and postfixation

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 327-329

  Downey, Andrew ^a   Hore, Kevin ^a   McAuliffe, Fionnuala M ^a   Mooney, Eoghan E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cord length; Formalin fixation; Shortening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; PREGNANCY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; UMBILICAL CORD; UMBILICAL CORD SHORTENING; VAGINAL DELIVERY; PATHOLOGY; PLACENTA; TIME; TISSUE FIXATION;

FORMALDEHYDE;

FEMALE; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE FIXATION; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 84916877572     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: 16155742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2350/14-02-1437-OA.1     Document Type: Article

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