The fetal inflammatory response syndrome and associated infant morbidity

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 766-769

  Arad, Ilan ^a   Ergaz, Zivanit ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Brain; Fetus; Intrauterine infection; Lung

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBRAL PALSY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FETUS; FETUS CIRCULATION; FETUS DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; LUNG COMPLIANCE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; PNEUMONIA; PREMATURITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLAMMATION; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; SYNDROME;

EID: 10644290255     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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