Maternal serum C-reactive protein concentration early in pregnancy and subsequent pregnancy loss

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 299-304

  Boggess, Kim A ^a,b   Lieff, Susan ^b   Murtha, Amy P ^c   Moss, Kevin ^b   Jared, Heather ^b   Beck, James ^b   Offenbacher, Steven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Inflammation; Miscarriage

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL SERUM; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SMOKING; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORTH CAROLINA; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 24644469557     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-872045     Document Type: Article

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