Inflammatory response in acute chorioamnionitis

Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 20-25

  Redline, Raymond W ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute chorioamnionitis; Fetal inflammatory response; Histologic chorioamnionitis; Perinatal infections; Placenta

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE;

ACUTE CHORIOAMNIONITIS; ACUTE DISEASE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FETUS MEMBRANE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; PLACENTA; REVIEW;

CHORIOAMNIONITIS; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INFLAMMATION; PREGNANCY;

EID: 83555176407     PISSN: 1744165X     EISSN: 18780946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.siny.2011.08.003     Document Type: Review

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