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Placental Vascular Obstructive Lesions : Risk Factor for Developing Necrotizing Enterocolitis
Joint Authors
Osterheld, Maria-Chiara
Roth-Kleiner, Matthias
Dix, Laure
Source
Pathology Research International
Issue
Vol. 2010, Issue 2010 (31 Dec. 2010), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2010-05-10
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a severe neonatal disease affecting particularly preterm infants.
Its exact pathogenesis still remains unknown.
In this study, we have compared the prevalence of vascular obstructive lesions in placentae of premature newborns which developed NEC and of a control group.
We further compared separately the findings of placentae of infants of less than 30 weeks of gestation, the age group in which NEC occurs most frequently.
We found signs of fetal vascular obstructive lesions in 65% of the placentae of preterm patients developing NEC, compared to only 17% of the placentae of preterm patients in the control group.
In the age groups below 30 weeks of gestation, 58.5% of placentae of later NEC patients presented such lesions compared to 24.5% in the control group.
The significant difference between NEC and control group suggests a strong association between fetal vascular obstructive lesions and NEC.
Therefore, we propose that fetal vascular obstructive lesions might be considered as a risk factor for the development of NEC in premature infants.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Dix, Laure& Roth-Kleiner, Matthias& Osterheld, Maria-Chiara. 2010. Placental Vascular Obstructive Lesions : Risk Factor for Developing Necrotizing Enterocolitis. Pathology Research International،Vol. 2010, no. 2010, pp.1-7.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Dix, Laure…[et al.]. Placental Vascular Obstructive Lesions : Risk Factor for Developing Necrotizing Enterocolitis. Pathology Research International No. 2010 (2010), pp.1-7.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Dix, Laure& Roth-Kleiner, Matthias& Osterheld, Maria-Chiara. Placental Vascular Obstructive Lesions : Risk Factor for Developing Necrotizing Enterocolitis. Pathology Research International. 2010. Vol. 2010, no. 2010, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-502241
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-502241