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CASE NOTE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE PLACENTA: ARE THEY WORTHWHILE?

  1. P. Penfold Research Officer,
  2. Linda Drury Research Officer,
  3. Leila Lewis Research Sister,
  4. J. P. Royston Scientific Staff,
  5. F. E. Hytten Head of Division

Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005

DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1979.tb10606.x

Issue

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Volume 86, Issue 5, pages 337–339, May 1979

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Penfold, P., Drury, L., Lewis, L., Royston, J. P. and Hytten, F. E. (1979), CASE NOTE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE PLACENTA: ARE THEY WORTHWHILE?. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 86: 337–339. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1979.tb10606.x

Author Information

  1. Divisions of Perinatal Medicine and Computing and Statistics Clinical Research Centre and Northwick Park Hospital Watford Road, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 3UJ

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  1. Issue published online: 23 AUG 2005
  2. Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005

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In 429 placentae, measurements were made of weight, diameter, shape, eccentricity of the cord and weight and length of the cord, and the results were compared with Apgar score of the infant at birth and its standardized birth weight. There was no evidence that cord eccentricity, placental shape or ‘thickness’, or the dimensions of the cord had any significant relation to the growth of the fetus or its condition at birth. The value of routine recording of crude measurements and qualitative assessments of the placenta in case notes is questioned.

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