Histologic chorioamnionitis at term: Implications for the progress of labor and neonatal wellbeing

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 188-192

  Torricelli, Michela ^a   Voltolini, Chiara ^a   Conti, Nathalie ^a   Vellucci, Francesca Letizia ^a   Orlandini, Cinzia ^a   Bocchi, Caterina ^a   Severi, Filiberto Maria ^a   Toti, Paolo ^b   Buonocore, Giuseppe ^b   Petraglia, Felice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cesarean section; Histologic chorioamnionitis; Neonatal outcome; Spontaneous delivery; Term delivery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CESAREAN SECTION; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETAL WELL BEING; HISTOLOGICAL CHORIOAMNIONITIS; HUMAN; LABOR ONSET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN ASSESSMENT; NULLIPARA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

CHORIOAMNIONITIS; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR ONSET; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 84871395138     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2012.722724     Document Type: Article

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