Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital: Placenta Pathology May Clarify Racial Disparities in Preemie Health Outcomes
October 03, 2019
October 03, 2019
CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 3 -- The Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital issued the following news release:
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- Chronic inflammation more often found in placenta from African-American preterm births, which tend to have worse outcomes
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African-American infants are twice as likely to die in the first year of life than white infants, for reasons that are complex and not well understood. Results from a recent study suggest that specifi . . .
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- Chronic inflammation more often found in placenta from African-American preterm births, which tend to have worse outcomes
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African-American infants are twice as likely to die in the first year of life than white infants, for reasons that are complex and not well understood. Results from a recent study suggest that specifi . . .