Infection of pregnant mice with listeria monocytogenes induces fetal bradycardia

Pediatric Research

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 539-545

  Hardy, Jonathan ^a   Kirkendoll, Brittani ^b   Zhao, Hui ^a   Pisani, Laura ^a   Luong, Richard ^a   Switzer, Alexandra ^a   McConnell, Michael V ^a   Contag, Christopher H ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FETAL WELL BEING; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MORTALITY; FETUS RESORPTION; IN VIVO STUDY; LISTERIOSIS; MORBIDITY; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALS; BRADYCARDIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETAL RESORPTION; LISTERIOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84859911599     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pr.2012.2     Document Type: Article

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