Inflammation of the lungs, umbilical cord and placenta associated with meconium passage in utero: Review of 123 autopsied cases

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 192, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1121-1128

  Burgess, A M ^a   Hutchins, G M ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Fetal diseases; Meconium aspiration; Neonatal diseases; Placenta diseases; Umbilical cord

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DISTRESS; HUMAN; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECONIUM; MECONIUM ASPIRATION; NEWBORN; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DISORDER; PNEUMONIA; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 0030515216     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0344-0338(96)80029-X     Document Type: Article

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