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Villitis of unknown etiology: noninfectious chronic villitis in the placenta.
Villitis of unknown etiology (VUE) is an important pattern of placental injury occurring predominantly in term placentas. Although overlapping with infectious villitis, its clinical and histologic characteristics are distinct. It is a common lesion, affecting 5% to 15% of all placentas. When low-grade lesions affecting less than 10 villi per focus are excluded, VUE is an important cause of intr...
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AIMS To evaluate observer variation in diagnosis of villitis of unknown aetiology. METHODS Fifty haematoxylin and eosin stained sections were circulated to three pathologists who were asked to assess if villitis was present. These slides, with an additional 20, were recirculated and reassessed by the same pathologists. RESULTS Intra-observer agreement was 84.7% (range 74--92%) and interobse...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1843
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.s1-7.158.19