The role of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor in the neutrophilia observed in the fetal inflammatory response syndromegsa

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 653-666

  Chaiworapongsa, Tinnakorn ^a,b   Romero, Roberto ^a   Berry, Stanley M ^c   Hassan, Sonia S ^a,b   Yoon, Bo Hyun ^d   Edwin, Samuel ^e   Mazor, Moshe ^f  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b HUTZEL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^e USARIID   (United States)

^f BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chorioamnionitis; cordocentesis; fetal infection; fetal plasma; FIRS; G CSF; interleukin 6; pregnancy; prematurity; preterm labor

Indexed keywords

GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CORDOCENTESIS; FEMALE; FETAL INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NEUTROPHILIA; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADULT; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL DISEASES; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTERLEUKIN-6; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NEUTROPHILS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80955122775     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2011.072     Document Type: Article

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