A fetal systemic inflammatory response is followed by the spontaneous onset of preterm parturition

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 186-193

  Romero, R ^a   Gomez, R ^a   Ghezzi, F ^a   Bo Hyun Yoon, ^a   Mazor, M ^a   Edwin, S S ^a   Berry, S M ^a  

^a HUTZEL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal physiology; Human parturition; Interleukin 6; Intrauterine infection; Preterm premature rupture of membranes

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORDOCENTESIS; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INFLAMMATION; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031877467     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(98)70271-6     Document Type: Article

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