Frozen section of placental membranes and umbilical cord: An aid to early postpartum diagnosis of intra-amniotic infection

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 202-208

  Mahe, Etienne ^a   Hamid, Jemila ^b   Terry, Jefferson ^b   Jansen, Jan Willem ^b   Bourgeois, Jacquie ^b   Arredondo Marin, Jorge ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chorioamnionitis; Frozen section; Funisitis; Intra amniotic infection; Maternal and fetal inflammatory response; Placenta

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFIN;

AMNIONITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MEMBRANE; FROZEN SECTION; FUNISITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; PUERPERIUM; STAGING; UMBILICAL CORD; AMNION FLUID; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; FETUS BLOOD; INFECTION; INTRA-AMNIOTIC INFECTION; MATERNAL AND FETAL INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY;

CHORIOAMNIONITIS; FROZEN SECTION; FUNISITIS; INTRA-AMNIOTIC INFECTION; MATERNAL AND FETAL INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE; PLACENTA;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTION; PLACENTA; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 84907220382     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: 19437722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCPYN70DLUFFDVP     Document Type: Article

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