How many paraffin blocks are necessary to detect villitis?

Placenta

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 116-117

  Altemani, A ^a   Gonzatti, A ^a   Metze, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARAFFIN;

ABORTION; ADULT; CELL INFILTRATION; CHORION VILLUS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FETUS MALFORMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; LETTER; PLACENTA DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0141615026     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/plac.2002.0875     Document Type: Editorial

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