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Volume 17, Number 9—September 2011
Research

Role of Chlamydia trachomatis in Miscarriage

David Baud, Genevieve Goy, Katia Jaton, Maria-Chiara Osterheld, Serafin Blumer, Nicole Borel, Yvan Vial, Patrick Hohlfeld, Andreas Pospischil, and Gilbert GreubComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Author affiliations: University Hospital of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland (D. Baud, G. Goy, K. Jaton, M.-C. Osterheld, Y. Vial, P. Hohlfeld, G. Greub); University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland (S. Blumer, N. Borel, A. Pospischil)

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Figure 1

Placental histologic results (1) from 3 women with real-time PCR–positive results for Chlamydia trachomatis (Table 2). A) Case-patient 390; B) case-patient 235; C) case-patient 564. Histologic analysis shows different degree of periglandular lymphocytes infiltration, with a microabscess in B1. Original magnifications ×600 except B1 (×400).

Figure 1. Placental histologic results (1) from 3 women with real-time PCR–positive results for Chlamydia trachomatis (Table 2). A) Case-patient 390; B) case-patient 235; C) case-patient 564. Histologic analysis shows different degree of periglandular lymphocytes infiltration, with a microabscess in B1. Original magnifications ×600 except B1 (×400).

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