Pathogenesis of preterm labor and preterm premature rupture of membranes associated with intraamniotic infection

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 135-176

  Gomez, R ^a   Romero, R ^a   Edwin, S S ^a   David, C ^a  

^a HUTZEL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; CHEMOKINE; COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; CYTOKINE; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; PROSTAGLANDIN; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

AMNION; ARACHIDONIC ACID METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DECIDUA; FEMALE; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PYELONEPHRITIS; RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM; REVIEW; TWIN PREGNANCY; UTERINE CERVIX INCOMPETENCE;

EID: 0030937602     PISSN: 08915520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5520(05)70347-0     Document Type: Article

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