Placenta
Volume 29, Issue 2 , Pages 210-214 , February 2008

Structural Changes in Umbilical Vessels in Pregnancy Induced Hypertension

  • A. Koech

      Affiliations

    • Department of Human Anatomy, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
    • ,
  • B. Ndungu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Human Anatomy, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
    • ,
  • P. Gichangi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Human Anatomy, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Nairobi, University way, Box 30197, 00100 Nairobi, Kenya. Tel.: +254 72 252 1946; fax: +254 20 272 1919.

,Accepted 23 October 2007.

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PII: S0143-4004(07)00256-1

doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2007.10.007

Placenta
Volume 29, Issue 2 , Pages 210-214 , February 2008

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