Massive chronic intervillositis of the placenta associated with malaria infection

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1006-1011

  Ordi, Jaume ^d   Ismail, Mamudo R ^a   Ventura, Pere Joan ^e   Kahigwa, Elizeus ^b   Hirt, Rosemary ^c   Cardesa, Antonio ^e   Alonso, Pedro L ^e   Menendez, Clara ^e  

^a EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^b St Francis Designated District Hospital   (Tanzania)

^c Ifakara Center   (Tanzania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Intervillositis; Malaria; Placenta; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MACROPHAGE; MALARIA; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; PLACENTA VILLUS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

CHORIONIC VILLI; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; MALARIA; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC;

EID: 0031903907     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199808000-00011     Document Type: Article

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