Comparison of the aetiology of stillbirth over five decades in a single centre: A retrospective study

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Wou, Karen ^a   Ouellet, Marie Pier ^a   Chen, Moy Fong ^a   Brown, Richard N ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; FEMALE; FETUS MALFORMATION; FETUS MORTALITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN PARVOVIRUS B19; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PLACENTA INSUFFICIENCY; PRENATAL GROWTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; STILLBIRTH; SUBFERTILITY; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MALE; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STILLBIRTH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84901946427     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004635     Document Type: Article

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