Placenta
Volume 31, Issue 11 , Pages 1015-1018 , November 2010

Pathological analysis of umbilical cord ulceration associated with fetal duodenal and jejunal atresia

  • M. Ichinose

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Japan Red Cross Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Present address: University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan. Tel.: +81 338155411.
    • ,
  • T. Takemura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Japan Red Cross Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • K. Andoh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Japan Red Cross Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • M. Sugimoto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Japan Red Cross Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan

,Accepted 9 August 2010.

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PII: S0143-4004(10)00300-0

doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2010.08.005

Placenta
Volume 31, Issue 11 , Pages 1015-1018 , November 2010

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