The problem with using the birthweight:placental weight ratio as a measure of placental efficiency

Placenta

Volumn 68, Issue , 2018, Pages 52-58

  Christians, Julian K ^a   Grynspan, David ^b   Greenwood, Susan L ^c,d   Dilworth, Mark R ^c,d  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birthweight; Efficiency; Outcome; Pathology; Placenta

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLEEDING; CHILD DEATH; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFARCTION; MICROSCOPY; PLACENTA DISORDER; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; NEWBORN; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; TERM BIRTH;

BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; TERM BIRTH;

EID: 85049446992     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: 15323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2018.06.311     Document Type: Article

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