Methodologic Issues in the Study of the Relationship between Histologic Indicators of Intraamniotic Infection and Clinical Outcomes

Placenta

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 988-993

  Salafia, C M ^a,b   Misra, D ^c   Miles, J N V ^d  

^a Placental Analytics LLC   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE INSTITUTE FOR BASIC RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Chorioamnionitis; Confirmatory factor analysis; Fetal inflammatory response; Measurement invariance; Placental histology

Indexed keywords

AMNION; AMNIONITIS; ARTICLE; CHORION; DECIDUA; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; METHODOLOGY; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; UMBILICAL CORD;

AMNION; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CHORION; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UMBILICAL CORD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350568726     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2009.08.010     Document Type: Article

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