Ureaplasma colonization of amniotic fluid and efficacy of antenatal corticosteroids for preterm lung maturation in sheep

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 96.e1-96.e6

  Moss, Timothy J M ^a,d   Nitsos, Ilias ^a   Knox, Christine L ^b   Polglase, Graeme R ^a   Kallapur, Suhas G ^c   Ikegami, Machiko ^c   Jobe, Alan H ^c   Newnham, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

betamethasone; infection; intrauterine inflammation; preterm birth

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; INTERLEUKIN 8; LUNG SURFACTANT; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AMNION FLUID; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS LUNG MATURATION; INFLAMMATION; LAMB; LUNG COMPLIANCE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEROTYPE; SHEEP; UREAPLASMA; UREAPLASMA PARVUM;

EID: 58049161004     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2008.08.044     Document Type: Article

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