COVID-19 in pregnancy: placental pathological patterns and effect on perinatal outcome in five cases

• Main Authors: Giovanna Giordano (Author), Chiara Petrolini (Author), Emilia Corradini (Author), Nicoletta Campanini (Author), Susanna Esposito (Author), Serafina Perrone (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Introduction COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, is a severe systemic thrombotic syndrome that emerged in 2019, with an ensuing pandemic. To evaluate the impact of this disease on placental tissue and perinatal outcome, histological, immunohistochemical and ult...