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Placental villitis and intrauterine growth retardation in a Swedish population
Author(s) -
Nordenvall M.,
Sandstedt B.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
apmis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0903-4641
DOI - 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1990.tb00996.x
Subject(s) - medicine , growth retardation , small for gestational age , obstetrics , placenta , eclampsia , gestational age , pregnancy , population , birth weight , fetus , biology , genetics , environmental health
Villitis was studied in placentas from 445 singleton infants from an ethnically homogeneous population with a good socioeconomic standard. There were 161 infants small for gestational age (SGA) and 284 appropriate for gestational age (AGA). Villitis was found in 12 SGA‐placentas (7.5 per cent) and 8 AGA placentas (2.8 per cent) (p < 0.05). The degree of villitis was also related to growth retardation (p < 0.05). Except for one placenta with villitis due to CMV infection, the cause of villitis could not be determined. No association was found with various studied factors such as hypertension, pre‐eclampsia, smoking or maternal pyrexia during pregnancy.