title: Persistent fetal heart rate hypovariability: a presenting clinical sign of histologic chorioamnionitis at term gestation.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese, Siena, Italy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: De Felice
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dileo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Parrini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Latini
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002821:Chorioamnionitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006340:Heart Rate, Fetal; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D047929:Term Birth