Knox W F, Fox H
Placenta. 1984 Sep-Oct;5(5):395-402. doi: 10.1016/s0143-4004(84)80019-3.
A histological study of 1000 randomly selected placentae from women delivered in Manchester, UK, revealed 136 cases of villitis; this is a higher incidence than that recorded in Australia and North America but lower than that noted in South America. There were no obvious clinical differences between mothers whose placentae showed a villitis and those in a control group whose placentae were free of villitis. As in other studies, there was an association between the presence of a villitis, particularly severe villitis, and fetal intrauterine growth retardation. The nature of this association cannot, however, be clarified until the aetiology of villitis is determined.
对从英国曼彻斯特分娩的女性中随机选取的1000个胎盘进行的组织学研究显示，有136例绒毛炎病例；这一发病率高于澳大利亚和北美的记录，但低于南美洲的记录。胎盘显示有绒毛炎的母亲与对照组中胎盘无绒毛炎的母亲之间没有明显的临床差异。与其他研究一样，绒毛炎尤其是严重绒毛炎的存在与胎儿宫内生长受限之间存在关联。然而，在绒毛炎的病因确定之前，这种关联的性质尚无法阐明。
