Biomarkers of spontaneous preterm birth: An overview of the literature in the last four decades

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1046-1070

  Menon, Ramkumar ^a   Torloni, Maria Regina ^b   Voltolini, Chiara ^c   Torricelli, Michela ^c   Merialdi, Mario ^d   Betrán, Ana Pilar ^d   Widmer, Mariana ^d   Allen, Tomas ^d   Davydova, Iulia ^e   Khodjaeva, Zulfiya ^e   Thorsen, Poul ^f   Kacerovsky, Marian ^g   Tambor, Vojtìch ^g   Massinen, Tytti ^h   Nace, Judith ⁱ   Arora, Chander ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e RESEARCH CENTER OF OBSTETRICS   (Russian Federation)

^f KOLDING HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^g CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^h PERKINELMER INC   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^j Sinai Medical Center   (United States)

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Author keywords

cytokines; intervention; pathways; prematurity; prevention; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANGIOGENIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CYSTYL AMINOPEPTIDASE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRIOL; ESTROGEN; FERRITIN; FIBRONECTIN; GELATINASE B; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; LACTOFERRIN; PLACENTA LACTOGEN; PROCALCITONIN; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; RELAXIN; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PHENOTYPE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 80055009691     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719111415548     Document Type: Review

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