Placental Pathology in Full-Term Infants with Hypoxic-Ischemic Neonatal Encephalopathy and Association with Magnetic Resonance Imaging Pattern of Brain Injury

Placental weight <10th percentile was mainly associated with normal cerebral MRI findings. Decreased placental maturation and hypoglycemia <2.0 mmol/L were associated with increased risk of white matter/watershed injury with or without BGT involvement. Chronic villitis was associated with BGT injury irrespective of white matter injury.