Placental characteristics and neonatal weights among women with malaria-preeclampsia comorbidity and healthy pregnancies.

Everett LwamulungiZahida QureshiMoses ObimboOmondi OgutuEunice CheseremRose J KosgeiEdwin WalongDennis InyangalaGeorge N GwakoPatrick M NdaviAlfred O OsotiDiana K OndiekiAnne N PuleiAnne NjorogeSarah MasyukoCyrus M Wachira

Published in: PloS one (2023)

Placental villous maturity and villous volume density are significantly reduced in patients with malaria-preeclampsia comorbidity with a compensatory increase in villous vascularity. This leads to impaired placental function that contributes to lower neonatal weights.

Keyphrases

early onset
plasmodium falciparum
pregnancy outcomes
preterm birth
pregnant women
gestational age