IFPA Gábor Than award lecture: Recognition of placental failure is key to saving babies' lives

Placenta

Volumn 36, Issue S1, 2015, Pages S20-S28

  Heazell, A E P ^a,b   Worton, S A ^a,b   Higgins, L E ^a,b   Ingram, E ^a,b   Johnstone, E D ^a,b   Jones, R L ^a,b   Sibley, C P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fetal growth restriction; Perinatal death; Placental dysfunction; Placental insufficiency; Stillbirth

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FETAL WELL BEING; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; MATERNAL BLOOD; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTA DISORDER; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PLACENTA INSUFFICIENCY; PLACENTAL FAILURE; PLACENTAL LESION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STILLBIRTH; UMBILICAL CORD; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; ANIMAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FETUS DEATH; LIVE BIRTH; NEWBORN; PLACENTA DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; TRENDS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVE BIRTH; PLACENTA DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 84924453456     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: 15323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2014.12.017     Document Type: Article

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