Can placental pathology explain second-trimester pregnancy loss and subsequent pregnancy outcomes?

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 199, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 402.e1-402.e5

  Srinivas, Sindhu K ^a   Ernst, Linda M ^b   Edlow, Andrea G ^a   Elovitz, Michal A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

inflammation; placental pathology; second trimester pregnancy loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGIST; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DISORDER; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

EID: 52949151213     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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