Perinatal correlates of Ureaplasma urealyticum in placenta parenchyma of singleton pregnancies that end before 28 weeks of gestation

Pediatrics

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1329-1336

  Olomu, I Nicholas ^a   Hecht, Jonathan L ^b,c,d   Onderdonk, Andrew O ^b,d,e   Allred, Elizabeth N ^b,f,g,h   Leviton, Alan ^d,f,g  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Pathology ^*  (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f Neuroepidemiology Unit   (United States)

^g BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Inflammation; Placenta Ureaplasma; Preterm delivery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHORION; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENCHYMA; PERINATAL PERIOD; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UMBILICAL CORD; UREAPLASMA INFECTION; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; UREAPLASMA INFECTIONS; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

EID: 66049148621     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-1113     Document Type: Article

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