The fetal membranes consist of the chorion, amnion, yolk sac, and allantois. The chorion has three layers: cytotrophoblastic, chorionic connective tissue, and basement membrane. The chorion lies ...

A blood test can show whether a new heart is tolerated by the recipient and not rejected. This has been shown in a doctoral thesis from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. This means that heart ...

Previously, an infection of the amnion and chorion or both was dubbed chorioamnionitis. In 2015, a proposal was made by an expert panel that, instead of clinical chorioamnionitis, the name ...

With the pandemic well and truly a thing of the past, now is the perfect time to reconsider these un ...