Patterns of placental pathology in preterm premature rupture of membranes

Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 249-255

  Armstrong Wells, J ^a,b   Post, M D ^b   Donnelly, M ^b   Manco Johnson, M J ^a   Fisher, B M ^b   Winn, V D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Altitude; Chorioamnionitis; Fetal inflammatory response; Funisitis; Subchorionic thrombi

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882379977     PISSN: 20401744     EISSN: 20401752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S2040174413000056     Document Type: Article

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