Chorioamnionitis - An inflammatory multiorgan response of the fetus?;Chorioamnionitis - Eine inflammatorische multiorganerkrankung des fetus?

Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 602-610

  Kramer, B W ^a   Garnier, Yves ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bronchopulmonary; Cerebral palsy; Dysplasia; Fetal inflammatory response syndrome; Perinatal morbidity; Periventricular leukomalacia; Preterm delivery

Indexed keywords

BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; FETUS INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; FETUS LUNG MATURATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLAMMATION; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; LUNG DYSPLASIA; PREMATURE LABOR; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; REVIEW;

EID: 34547098146     PISSN: 00165751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-965051     Document Type: Review

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