Persistent fetal heart rate hypovariability: a presenting clinical sign of histologic chorioamnionitis at term gestation.
Chorioamnionitis (CA) is asymptomatic in a large fraction of the cases. Here, we report a case of a 39 weeks' gestation infant, with persistent fetal heart rate hypovariability as the only prenatal clinical sign in histologic CA.
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Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese, Siena, Italy.
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D000328:Adult; D002821:Chorioamnionitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006340:Heart Rate, Fetal; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D047929:Term Birth