Placental changes in a first trimester missed abortion in maternal systemic lupus erythematosus with antiphospholipid syndrome: A case report and review of the literature

Human Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 201-206

  Nayar, Ritu ^a   Lage, Janice M ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

anti phospholipid syndrome; decidual vasculopathy; first trimester; systemic lupus erythematosus; villous infarction

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DECIDUA; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFARCTION; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MISSED ABORTION; PLACENTA DISORDER; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0030064150     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0046-8177(96)90377-9     Document Type: Article

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