Placental chorioamnionitis at term: Epidemiology and follow-up in childhood

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 282-290

  Becroft, David M O ^a   Thompson, John M D ^a   Mitchell, Ed A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Chorioamnionitis; Epidemiology; Ethnicity; Follow up; Placenta

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILDHOOD; CHINESE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECZEMA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTERVIEW; LABOR INDUCTION; LABOR ONSET; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAORI; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEMBRANE RUPTURE; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PLACENTA; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; TERM BIRTH; WHEEZING; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; NEW ZEALAND; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PLACENTA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79952047874     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: 16155742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2350/09-06-0659-OA.1     Document Type: Article

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