Can sulfasalazine prevent infection-mediated pre-term birth in a murine model?

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 144-149

  Nath, Carl A ^a,b   Ananth, Cande V ^a   Smulian, John C ^a,c   Peltier, Morgan R ^a,d  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MONMOUTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Intrauterine infection; Pre term birth; Sulfasalazine

Indexed keywords

SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; LITTER SIZE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; BIRTH WEIGHT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LITTER SIZE; MICE; NF-KAPPA B; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; SULFASALAZINE; UTERINE DISEASES;

EID: 73949156839     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2009.00773.x     Document Type: Article

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