Stillbirth evaluation: What tests are needed?

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 178, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1121-1125

  Incerpi, M H ^a   Miller, D A ^a   Samadi, R ^a   Settlage, R H ^a   Goodwin, T M ^a  

^a LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Intrauterine fetal death; Perinatal autopsy; Placental pathology

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; AUTOPSY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGENITAL INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOGENESIS; PLACENTA; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 0031799855     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(98)70311-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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