An episode of preterm labor is a risk factor for the birth of a small-for-gestational-age neonate

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 196, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 574.e1-574.e6

  Espinoza, Jimmy ^a,b   Kusanovic, Juan Pedro ^a   Kim, Chong Jai ^a,c   Kim, Yeon Mee ^a,c   Kim, Jung Sun ^a   Hassan, Sonia S ^a,b   Gotsch, Francesca ^a   Gonçalves, Luis F ^a,b   Erez, Offer ^a   Friel, Lara ^b   Soto, Eleazar ^a   Romero, Roberto ^a,c  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b HUTZEL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

increased uterine contractility; inflammatory cluster; intact membranes; preterm birth; small for gestational age; term delivery; vascular cluster

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTINGENCY TABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PLACENTA; PREMATURE LABOR; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RANK SUM TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; TOCOLYSIS; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

EID: 34249657890     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2007.03.023     Document Type: Article

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