Gestational psittacosis: Case report and literature review

Modern Pathology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 602-607

  Hyde, Scott R ^a,c   Benirschke, Kurt ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Saint Francis Hospital Tulsa   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydia; Diagnosis; Gestational; Ovine; Pregnancy; Psittacosis

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADULT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; ORNITHOSIS; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BASOPHILS; FEMALE; GIANT CELLS; HUMANS; INCLUSION BODIES; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PSITTACOSIS; SHEEP; TROPHOBLASTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030831309     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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