Stillbirths at Term: Case Control Study of Risk Factors, Growth Status and Placental Histology.

OBJECTIVE:To investigate the proportion of stillbirths at term associated with abnormal growth using customized birth weight percentiles and to compare histological placental findings both in underweight stillborn fetuses and in live births. METHODS:A retrospective case-control study of 150 singleto...

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Main Authors: Federico Mecacci, Caterina Serena, Laura Avagliano, Mauro Cozzolino, Eleonora Baroni, Marianna Pina Rambaldi, Serena Simeone, Francesca Castiglione, Gian Luigi Taddei, Gaetano Bulfamante
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5147826?pdf=render