Open AccessPlacental Pathology in Covid-19 Positive Mothers: Preliminary Findings
Author(s) -
Baergen Rebecca N,
Heller Debra S
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
pediatric and developmental pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.477
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1615-5742
pISSN - 1093-5266
DOI - 10.1177/1093526620925569
Subject(s) - covid-19 , pathology , fetus , medicine , clinical significance , pregnancy , placenta , thrombosis , obstetrics , biology , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , outbreak , genetics
This study describes the pathology and clinical information on 20 placentas whose mother tested positive for the novel Coronovirus (2019-nCoV) cases. Ten of the 20 cases showed some evidence of fetal vascular malperfusion or fetal vascular thrombosis. The significance of these findings is unclear and needs further study.
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