Examining the relationship between positive mid-gestational fetal fibronectin assays and histological evidence of acute placental inflammation

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 36-42

  Akers, Aletha ^a,e   Jarzembowski, Jason A ^b   Johnson, Clark T ^c   Lieberman, Richard W ^d   Dalton, Vanessa K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Chorioamnionitis; Fetal fibronectin; Infection; Placenta; Preterm birth

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CERCLAGE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FETAL FIBRONECTIN ASSAY; FUNISITIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DISORDER; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ADULT; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; FEMALE; FIBRONECTINS; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33847212443     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2007.005     Document Type: Review

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