Chorioamnionitis
"Chorioamnionitis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
INFLAMMATION of the placental membranes (CHORION; AMNION) and connected tissues such as fetal BLOOD VESSELS and UMBILICAL CORD. It is often associated with intrauterine ascending infections during PREGNANCY.
| Descriptor ID |
D002821
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
C13.703.277.030 C13.703.420.339.260 C13.703.590.268 C16.300.030
|
| Concept/Terms |
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Chorioamnionitis".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Chorioamnionitis".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Chorioamnionitis" by people in this website by year, and whether "Chorioamnionitis" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Chorioamnionitis" by people in Profiles.
-
Nelson KB, Penn AA. Is infection a factor in neonatal encephalopathy? Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2015 Jan; 100(1):F8-F10.
-
Bell MJ, Hallenbeck JM, Gallo V. Determining the fetal inflammatory response in an experimental model of intrauterine inflammation in rats. Pediatr Res. 2004 Oct; 56(4):541-6.