Differences among acute, subacute, and chronic chorioamnionitis based on levels of inflammation-associated proteins in cord blood

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 513-521

  Miyano, Akira ^a   Miyamichi, Toru ^a   Nakayama, Masahiro ^a   Kitajima, Hiroyuki ^a   Shimizu, Akira ^b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH   (Japan)

^b OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute phase reactant; Chorioamnionitis; Complement; Cord blood; Serum protein; Subacute necrotizing funisitis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS BLOOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREGNANCY; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UMBILICAL CORD;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE-PHASE PROTEINS; ADULT; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PLACENTA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 0032198221     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100249900070     Document Type: Article

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