Do mechanical properties of human fetal membrane depend on strain rate

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 84-91

  Faturechi, Rahim ^a   Hashemi, Ata ^a   Fatouraee, Nasser ^a  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

chorioamnion (fetal membrane); rupture stress; strain rate; uniaxial tension test; viscoelastic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS MEMBRANE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MECHANICS; MEMBRANE RUPTURE; NEWBORN; STRAIN RATE; STRESS; YOUNG MODULUS; ADOLESCENT; EMBRYO MEMBRANE; IN VITRO STUDY; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EXTRAEMBRYONIC MEMBRANES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; PREGNANCY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920780676     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jog.12498     Document Type: Article

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