Placental pathology, perinatal death, neonatal outcome, and neurological development: A systematic review

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Roescher, Annemiek M ^a   Timmer, Albert ^b   Erwich, Jan Jaap H M ^b   Bos, Arend F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FETUS MORTALITY; HEMOSIDEROSIS; HUMAN; MECONIUM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWCASTLE OTTAWA QUALITY ASSESSMENT SCALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL DEATH; PLACENTA DISORDER; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; STILLBIRTH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PERINATAL DEATH; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84896088959     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089419     Document Type: Review

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