Placenta
Volume 29, Issue 11 , Pages 937-941 , November 2008

Quantitative 3D Micro-CT Imaging of the Human Feto-placental Vasculature in Intrauterine Growth Restriction

  • A.C. Langheinrich

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Germany
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  • S. Vorman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Germany
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  • J. Seidenstücker

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Germany
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  • M. Kampschulte

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Germany
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  • R.M. Bohle

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, University of Homburg/Saar, Germany
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  • J. Wienhard

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Germany
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  • M. Zygmunt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Ernst Moritz Arndt University Greifswald, Wollweberstrasse 1, 17475 Greifswald, Germany
    • Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Ernst Moritz Arndt University Greifswald, Wollweberstrasse 1, 17475 Greifswald, Germany. Tel.: +49 3834 86 65 00; fax: +49 3834 86 65 01.

,Accepted 15 August 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2008.08.017

Placenta
Volume 29, Issue 11 , Pages 937-941 , November 2008

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