Neutrophil defensins but not interleukin-6 in vaginal fluid after preterm premature rupture of membranes predict fetal/neonatal inflammation and infant neurological impairment

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 908-916

  Lucovnik, Miha ^a   Kornhauser Cerar, Lilijana ^a   Premru Srsen, Tanja ^a   Gmeiner Stopar, Tanja ^b   Derganc, Metka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b Department of Nuclear Medicine ^*  (Slovenia)

Author keywords

fetal inflammation; interleukin 6; neutrophil defensins; Preterm birth; preterm premature rupture of membranes

Indexed keywords

DEFENSIN; HNP1 3 PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD DEATH; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FETAL INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; FETUS DISEASE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERIUM; SURVIVOR; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VAGINA CYTOLOGY;

ALPHA-DEFENSINS; AMNIOTIC FLUID; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-6; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 79960342861     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0412.2011.01177.x     Document Type: Article

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