Placental candidiasis: Report of four cases, one with villitis

APMIS

Volumn 106, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1165-1169

  Rivasi, Francesco ^a,b   Gasser, Bernard ^b   Bagni, Alberto ^a   Ficarra, Guido ^a   Negro, Rosa Maria ^a   Philippe, Emile ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Candidiasis; Chorioamnionitis; Villitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CHORION VILLUS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHESIS; MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PLACENTA DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032458470     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1998.tb00273.x     Document Type: Article

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