ACUTE INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN PREGNANCY
Authors: C WESSELHOEFT
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1955)

Article1 March 1955ACUTE INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN PREGNANCYCONRAD WESSELHOEFT, M.D., F.A.C.P.CONRAD WESSELHOEFT, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-42-3-555 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe subject of acute infectious diseases in pregnancy deals primarily with the effect of infections on the pregnant woman and her offspring. (1) The infection may pass off without injury and allow full term delivery of a normal child. (2) The infection may induce spontaneous abortion or premature labor on the part of the mother. Or (3) the infection may (a) cause the child to be born with a congenital form of the disease; (b) cause the death of the fetus in utero; or (c) bring about anomalies of fetal development resulting in minor or major congenital deformities.We must...Bibliography1. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Boston, Massachusetts*Presented as a Morning Lecture at the Thirty-fifth Annual Session of the American College of Physicians, Chicago, Illinois, April 6, 1954.From the Haynes Memorial, Department of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts Memorial Hospitals, Boston. Nextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byInfection in infertilityCongenital MalformationsExogene Ursachen des intrauterinen Fruchttodes und ihre VermeidungExogene Ursachen des intrauterinen Fruchttodes und ihre Vermeidung 1 March 1955Volume 42, Issue 3Page: 555-561KeywordsFetusesInfectious diseasesMiscarriagePediatric infectionsPregnancy ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 March 1955 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright, 1955, by The American College of PhysiciansPDF downloadLoading ...