Caesarean section: Impact on mother and child

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 100, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1518-1522

  Boutsikou, T ^a   Malamitsi Puchner, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Allergy; Caesarean section; Epigenetics; Placental anomalies; Respiratory distress

Indexed keywords

DNA; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 13; PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BIFIDOBACTERIACEAE; BREECH PRESENTATION; CARCINOGENESIS; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLOSTRIDIUM; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DNA METHYLATION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EPIGENETICS; FOOD ALLERGY; GERM CELL TUMOR; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOXEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTESTINE FLORA; LUNG COMPLICATION; MATERNAL WELFARE; PLACENTA ACCRETA; PLACENTA PREVIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; SEPSIS; TACHYPNEA; UTERUS RUPTURE;

CESAREAN SECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEOPLASMS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PLACENTA PREVIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; STILLBIRTH; UTERINE RUPTURE;

EID: 80855127780     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2011.02477.x     Document Type: Review

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