Preterm Birth: A Complex Disease

Preterm Birth: Prevention and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 8-16

  Hodgson, Eric J ^a   Lockwood, Charles J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abruption; Contraction associated proteins; Genetic polymorphism; Inflammation; Maternal stress; Matrix metalloproteinase; Mechanical stretch; Preterm birth; Preterm labor; Progesterone withdrawal; Prostaglandin production

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650997153     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444317619.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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