Intrauterine infection and preterm labor

Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 12-19

  Agrawal, Varkha ^a   Hirsch, Emmet ^a,b  

^a NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Chorioamnionitis; Cytokines; Preterm delivery; Preterm rupture of membranes; Toll like receptor

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE; NITRIC OXIDE; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 3; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 9;

COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; REVIEW; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS; UTERUS;

EID: 83555179189     PISSN: 1744165X     EISSN: 18780946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.siny.2011.09.001     Document Type: Review

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