Placenta
Volume 30, Issue 7 , Pages 619-624 , July 2009

Placental Blood Flow and the Risk of Preterm Delivery

  • V.K. Misra

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics & Communicable Diseases, Division of Medical Genetics, The University of Michigan, D5230 MPB, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0718, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 734 764 0579; fax: +1 734 763 6561.
    • ,
  • C.J. Hobel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    • Department of Pediatrics, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    • Burns and Allen Research Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    • ,
  • C.F. Sing

      Affiliations

    • Department of Human Genetics, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

,Accepted 18 April 2009.

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PII: S0143-4004(09)00128-3

doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2009.04.007

Placenta
Volume 30, Issue 7 , Pages 619-624 , July 2009

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