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Original Article

High- but not low-grade histologic chorioamnionitis is associated with spontaneous preterm birth in a Swedish cohort

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Pages 2265-2270 | Received 15 Mar 2017, Accepted 31 May 2017, Published online: 30 Jun 2017

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