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Umbilical Cord Length

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The umbilical cord carries the blood, nutrients, oxygen and fluids necessary for intrauterine life and so it is not surprising that umbilical cord abnormalities are associated with adverse perinatal outcome. Perinatal complications have been reported with both excessively long and excessively short umbilical cords.

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  1. Surgical Pathology, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA

    Rebecca N. Baergen

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  1. Department of Anatomical Pathology, Women’s and Children’s Hospital, North Adelaide, SA, Australia

    T. Yee Khong

  2. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, National Maternity Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

    Eoghan E. Mooney

  3. Department of Pathology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Peter G. J. Nikkels

  4. Department of Pathology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA

    Terry K. Morgan

  5. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

    Sanne J. Gordijn

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Baergen, R.N. (2019). Umbilical Cord Length. In: Khong, T., Mooney, E., Nikkels, P., Morgan, T., Gordijn, S. (eds) Pathology of the Placenta. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97214-5_46

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