Placental histopathology in the extremely low birth weight infants

Fetal and Pediatric Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 53-61

  Verma, Rita P ^a   Kaplan, Cynthia ^a   Southerton, Kathleen ^a   Niwas, Ram ^a   Verma, Richa ^a   Fang, Hai ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chorioamnionitis; Funisitis; Nonsurvivors; Placental abruption; Preterm infants; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; STUDENT T TEST; VASCULITIS;

ABRUPTIO PLACENTAE; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MALE; NEW YORK; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 45849095677     PISSN: 15513815     EISSN: 15513823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15513810802026559     Document Type: Article

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