Infection and smoking are associated with decreased plasma concentration of the anti-Aging protein, -klotho

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 581-594

  Lam Rachlin, Jennifer ^a,b   Romero, Roberto ^a,c   Korzeniewski, Steven J ^a,b   Schwartz, Alyse G ^a,b   Chaemsaithong, Piya ^a,b   Hernandez Andrade, Edgar ^a,b   Dong, Zhong ^c   Yeo, Lami ^a,b   Hassan, Sonia S ^a,b   Chaiworapongsa, Tinnakorn ^a,b  

^a HUTZEL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Inflammation; Intrauterine infection; Prematurity; Preterm labor; Preterm prelabor rupture of membranes

Indexed keywords

KLOTHO PROTEIN;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; AMNION FLUID; AMNIONITIS; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MATERNAL PLASMA; MEMBRANE; MICROBIAL INVASION OF THE INTRAAMNIOTIC CAVITY; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; GLUCURONIDASE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SMOKING; VITAMIN D; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888591206     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jpm-2013-0084     Document Type: Article

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