Impact of clinical and histologic correlates of maternal and fetal inflammatory response on gestational age in preterm births

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-46

  Gupta, Munish ^a   Mestan, Karen K ^b   Martin, Camilia R ^a   Pearson, Colleen ^c   Ortiz, Kathrin ^c   Fu, Lingling ^c   Stubblefield, Phillip ^c   Cerda, Sandra ^d   Kasznica, John M ^e   Wang, Xiaobin ^b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chorioamnionitis; Fetal diseases; Inflammation; Placenta; Premature birth

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETAMETHASONE; DEXAMETHASONE; UTERUS SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CHORIONIC PLATE VASCULITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECIDUA; DECIDUITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; FUNISITIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMBRANITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA DISORDER; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBCHORIONITIS; TOCOLYSIS; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; HISPANIC; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; TOCOLYSIS;

EID: 34248580010     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050601156861     Document Type: Article

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