title: [The pathogenesis of intrauterine infections].
abstract: The placenta is a specific organ of extracorporeal immunity. It has a tissue-blood barrier that protects a developing fetus against infectious agents. Owing to this, placental infection is not fatal to a fetus and always falls far short of intrauterine infection. Fetal inflammatory diseases occur in immune defects and placental morphological barrier damages.
authors.forename: V F
authors.initials: VF
authors.lastname: Mel'nikova
authors.forename: O A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Aksenov
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Nasyrov
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000821:virology; D005333:Fetus / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D010920:Placenta / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis / Q000379:methods; D012189:Retrospective Studies