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SUBMITTER: Reddy UM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2792738 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Reddy Uma M UM Goldenberg Robert R Silver Robert R Smith Gordon C S GCS Pauli Richard M RM Wapner Ronald J RJ Gardosi Jason J Pinar Halit H Grafe Marjorie M Kupferminc Michael M Hulthén Varli Ingela I Erwich Jan Jaap H M JJHM Fretts Ruth C RC Willinger Marian M
Obstetrics and gynecology 20091001 4
Stillbirth is a major obstetric complication, with 3.2 million stillbirths worldwide and 26,000 stillbirths in the United States every year. The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development held a workshop from October 22-24, 2007, to review the pathophysiology of conditions underlying stillbirth to define causes of death. The optimal classification system would identify the pathophysiologic entity initiating the chain of events that irreversibly led to death. ...[more]