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Scientists at University of Milan publish research in life sciences

Published in Women's Health Weekly, October 30th, 2008

According to a study from Monza, Italy, "To identify the classification protocol for stillbirth that minimizes the rate of unexplained causes. All stillbirths at > 22 weeks from 1995-2007 underwent a workup inclusive of fetal ultrasonography, amniocentesis for karyotype and cultures, placental histology, fetal autopsy, skin biopsy, total body X-ray, maternal testing for thrombophilias, TORCH, Parvovirus spp, thyroid function, indirect Coombs, Kleiheuer-Betke test, and genital cultures."

"To such a cohort, we applied the 4 most commonly used classification protocols. The stillbirth rate during the study period was 0.4% (154/37,958). The RoDeCo classification provided...

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