Chorioamnionitis without foetal inflammatory response is associated with stillbirth in early preterm pregnancies

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 953-959

  Hulthén Varli, Ingela ^a   Kublickas, Marius ^a   Papadogiannakis, Nikos ^a,b   Petersson, Karin ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Foetal death; Infection; Inflammation; Small for gestational age

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETAL INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PLACENTA; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; STILLBIRTH; SWEDEN;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PREMATURE BIRTH; STILLBIRTH; SWEDEN;

EID: 84878915740     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2013.766706     Document Type: Article

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