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The involvement of human amnion in histologic chorioamnionitis is an indicator that a fetal and an intra-amniotic inflammatory response is more likely and severe: clinical implications
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- Issue Date
- 2008-11-28
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Citation
- Placenta 2009;30:56-61
- Keywords
- Amnionitis ; Funisitis ; Fetal inflammatory response ; Intra-amniotic inflammatory response ; Chorioamnionitis
- Abstract
- OBJECTIVE: Amnionitis (inflammation of the amnion) is the final stage of extra-placental chorioamniotic inflammation. We propose that patients with "amnionitis", rather than "chorionitis" have a more advanced form of intra-uterine inflammation/infection and, thus, would have a more intense fetal and intra-amniotic inflammatory response than those without "amnionitis". STUDY DESIGN: The relationship between the presence of amnionitis, and a fetal and an intra-amniotic inflammatory response was examined in 290 singleton preterm births (
- ISSN
- 0143-4004
- Language
- English
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