Single umbilical artery

The umbilical cord usually contains two arteries and one vein. The vein carries the oxygenated blood from the placenta to the fetus. The arteries carry the deoxygenated blood and the waste products from the fetus to the placenta. Occasionally, primary agenesis or secondary atrophy of one of the arte...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Ramesh, Shanthi, Hariprasath, Sangeetha, Anandan, Gunasekaran, Solomon, P. John, Vijayakumar, V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
Materias:
Medical Science - Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4439720/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26015760
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0975-7406.155815
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Sumario:The umbilical cord usually contains two arteries and one vein. The vein carries the oxygenated blood from the placenta to the fetus. The arteries carry the deoxygenated blood and the waste products from the fetus to the placenta. Occasionally, primary agenesis or secondary atrophy of one of the arteries occurs resulting in single umbilical artery.

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