Placental corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH), spontaneous preterm birth, and fetal growth restriction: A prospective investigation

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 191, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1063-1069

  Wadhwa, Pathik D ^a,b,c   Garite, Thomas J ^b   Porto, Manuel ^b   Glynn, Laura ^a   Chicz Demet, Aleksandra ^a   Dunkel Schetter, Christine ^c   Sandman, Curt A ^a  

^a Depts of Psychiat and Hum Behav   (United States)

^b And Obstetrics and Gynecology ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Corticotropin releasing hormone; Fetal growth restriction; Labor; Obstetric risk; Parturition; Prematurity; Prenatal stress; Preterm birth; Small for gestational age

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILDBIRTH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS MATURITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL PLASMA; MEDICAL RECORD; PARITY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLONGED PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

EID: 7044239343     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2004.06.070     Document Type: Article

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