Eosinophilic/T-cell chorionic vasculitis: A clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical study of 51 cases

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 198-205

  Jacques, Suzanne M ^a   Qureshi, Faisal ^a   Kim, Chong Jai ^a,b   Lee, Joon Ho ^b   Giorgadze, Tamar ^a   Mittal, Pooja ^a,b   Hassan, Sonia S ^a,b   Romero, Roberto ^b  

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

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Chorionic vasculitis; Eosinophils; Fetal membranes; Placenta; T lymphocytes; Villitis of unknown etiology

Indexed keywords

CD20 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; FIBRIN;

ADULT; AMNION; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD GROUP; BLOOD VESSEL; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CHORION VILLUS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHILIC T CELL CHORIONIC VASCULITIS; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PARITY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PLACENTA DISORDER; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VASCULITIS; CHORION; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; T LYMPHOCYTE;

CHORION; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PLACENTA DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; T-LYMPHOCYTES; VASCULITIS;

EID: 80054011496     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: 16155742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2350/10-07-0867-OA.1     Document Type: Article

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