Open AccessFormulating a Meaningful and Comprehensive Placental Phenotypic Classification
Author(s) -
Alexa A. Freedman,
Lauren Keenan-Devlin,
Ann Borders,
Gregory E. Miller,
Linda M. Ernst
Publication year - 2021
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 - 10.1177/10935266211008444
Subject(s) - phenotype , small for gestational age , medicine , odds ratio , placenta , gestational age , odds , obstetrics , percentile , pregnancy , fetus , inflammation , pathology , bioinformatics , biology , logistic regression , gene , genetics , statistics , mathematics
While many placental lesions have been identified and defined, the significance of multiple overlapping lesions has not been addressed. The purpose of our analysis was to evaluate overlapping patterns of placental pathology and determine meaningful phenotypes associated with adverse birth outcomes.