… We found that using stepwise analysis of combined detailed placental pathologic evaluation
by a perinatal pathologist plus fetal autopsy improved the ability to identify a cause of …

… that placental pathologic assessment is the most useful test for determining the etiology of
stillbirth, particularly after 24 weeks of gestation. Pathologic assessment of the placenta was …

… to narrow the differential diagnosis and assess severity (grading) and duration (staging), …
entire range of placental pathology [2]. Other recent placental pathology textbooks supplement …

… , the clinical value added of placental assessment, improvements in placental pathology
education and practice, and leveraging of placental pathology to identify new biomarkers of …

… Accelerated maturation could not be assessed in full-term placentas, by definition. … Forward
stepwise models were then used for each outcome variable, entering the following variables …

… of the submitted placentas, was assessed in three categories: … a forward stepwise multiple
logistic regression with placental … expertise of the pathologist in placental pathology are also …

… Pathological variables assessed included: abruption, accelerated and retarded villous …
into a forward-stepwise model. For those variables that were still significant in the stepwise-model …

… pathologic lesions found in the placenta. This … placental pathologic conditions. We also
provide an overview of the recent expert recommendations on the pathologic grading of placenta …

… had placental pathology performed. A certified pathologist experienced in placental pathology
… A stepwise logistic regression analysis was used to assess which prenatal factors were …

… single pathologist (author LS) performed placental pathology … in paraffin blocks for microscopic
assessment: one role of the … outcome, a multivariate stepwise logistic regression analysis …