Gross appearance of the fetal membrane on the placental surface is associated with histological chorioamnionitis and neonatal respiratory disorders.

An opaque fetal membrane based on gross appearance is traditionally indicative of histological chorioamnionitis; however, to the best of our knowledge, there is currently no supportive evidence, and its diagnostic efficiency has not yet been scientifically demonstrated. The present study aimed to pr...

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Main Authors: Yoshimasa Horikoshi, Chizuko Yaguchi, Naomi Furuta-Isomura, Toshiya Itoh, Kenta Kawai, Tomoaki Oda, Masako Matsumoto, Yukiko Kohmura-Kobayashi, Naoaki Tamura, Toshiyuki Uchida, Naohiro Kanayama, Hiroaki Itoh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0242579