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Original Article

The frequency of acute atherosis in normal pregnancy and preterm labor, preeclampsia, small-for-gestational age, fetal death and midtrimester spontaneous abortion*

Yeon Mee KimDepartment of Pathology, Haeundae Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea, Correspondence[email protected]
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Piya ChaemsaithongPerinatology Research Branch, Program for Perinatal Research and Obstetrics, Division of Intramural Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, Bethesda, MD and Detroit, MI, USA, ;Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA,
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Roberto RomeroPerinatology Research Branch, Program for Perinatal Research and Obstetrics, Division of Intramural Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, Bethesda, MD and Detroit, MI, USA, ;Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, ;Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA, Correspondence[email protected]
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Majid ShamanPerinatology Research Branch, Program for Perinatal Research and Obstetrics, Division of Intramural Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, Bethesda, MD and Detroit, MI, USA, ;Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA,
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Chong Jai KimPerinatology Research Branch, Program for Perinatal Research and Obstetrics, Division of Intramural Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, Bethesda, MD and Detroit, MI, USA, ;Department of Pathology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea,
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Jung-Sun KimPerinatology Research Branch, Program for Perinatal Research and Obstetrics, Division of Intramural Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, Bethesda, MD and Detroit, MI, USA, ;Department of Pathology, Samsung Medical Center, University of Sungkyunkwan School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea,
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Faisal QureshiPerinatology Research Branch, Program for Perinatal Research and Obstetrics, Division of Intramural Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, Bethesda, MD and Detroit, MI, USA, ;Department of Pathology, Harper University Hospital, Detroit, MI, USA, and ;Department of Pathology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
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Suzanne M. JacquesPerinatology Research Branch, Program for Perinatal Research and Obstetrics, Division of Intramural Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, Bethesda, MD and Detroit, MI, USA, ;Department of Pathology, Harper University Hospital, Detroit, MI, USA, and ;Department of Pathology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
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Ahmed I. AhmedPerinatology Research Branch, Program for Perinatal Research and Obstetrics, Division of Intramural Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, Bethesda, MD and Detroit, MI, USA, ;Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA,
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Tinnakorn ChaiworapongsaPerinatology Research Branch, Program for Perinatal Research and Obstetrics, Division of Intramural Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, Bethesda, MD and Detroit, MI, USA, ;Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA,
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Sonia S. HassanPerinatology Research Branch, Program for Perinatal Research and Obstetrics, Division of Intramural Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, Bethesda, MD and Detroit, MI, USA, ;Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA,
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Lami YeoPerinatology Research Branch, Program for Perinatal Research and Obstetrics, Division of Intramural Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, Bethesda, MD and Detroit, MI, USA, ;Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA,
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Steven J. KorzeniewskiPerinatology Research Branch, Program for Perinatal Research and Obstetrics, Division of Intramural Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, Bethesda, MD and Detroit, MI, USA, ;Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA, ;Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA,
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Pages 2001-2009 | Received 25 Jul 2014, Accepted 09 Oct 2014, Published online: 11 Nov 2014

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