Development of a guinea pig model of chorioamnionitis and fetal brain injury

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 191, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1205-1211

  Patrick, Lindsay A ^a   Gaudet, Laura M ^a   Farley, Anne E ^a   Rossiter, John P ^a   Tomalty, Lewis L ^a   Smith, Graeme N ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chorioamnionitis; Fetal brain injury; Guinea pig

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AMNION FLUID; AMNIONITIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INJURY; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; INOCULATION; MATERNAL BLOOD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERLEUKIN-6; PREGNANCY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 7044223267     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2004.03.016     Document Type: Article

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