Subclinical Histologic Chorioamnionitis and Related Clinical and Laboratory Parameters in Preterm Deliveries

Pediatrics and Neonatology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 217-221

  Wu, Hui Chung ^a   Shen, Chung Min ^a   Wu, Yih Yiing ^a   Yuh, Yeong Seng ^b   Kua, Ka Em ^a  

^a CATHAY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b St Mary's Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; histologic chorioamnionitis; leukocytosis; prolonged premature rupture of membrane

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR;

ADULT; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 70449719208     PISSN: 18759572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1875-9572(09)60066-8     Document Type: Article

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