Placental pathology and maternal factors associated with stillbirth: An institutional based case-control study in Northern Tanzania

Godwin Lema; Alex Mremi; Patrick Amsi; Jeremia J. Pyuza; Julius P. Alloyce; Bariki Mchome; Pendo Mlay

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0243455

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Placental pathology and maternal factors associated with stillbirth: An institutional based case-control study in Northern Tanzania

Godwin Lema,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania
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Alex Mremi ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: alex.mremi@kcmuco.ac.tz

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania, Department of Pathology, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center, Moshi, Tanzania

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7226-0168

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Patrick Amsi,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center, Moshi, Tanzania
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Jeremia J. Pyuza,

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center, Moshi, Tanzania

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6304-5343

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Julius P. Alloyce,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Cancer Registry Unit, Cancer Care Centre, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania
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Bariki Mchome,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania
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Pendo Mlay

Roles Formal analysis, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania
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Placental pathology and maternal factors associated with stillbirth: An institutional based case-control study in Northern Tanzania

Godwin Lema,
Alex Mremi,
Patrick Amsi,
Jeremia J. Pyuza,
Julius P. Alloyce,
Bariki Mchome,
Pendo Mlay

Published: December 31, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243455

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