Whole blood gene expression profile associated with spontaneous preterm birth in women with threatened

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Heng, Yujing Jan ^a   Pennell, Craig Edward ^b   Chua, Hon Nian ^c   Perkins, Jonathan Edward ^a   Lye, Stephen James ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE FOR INFOCOMM RESEARCH   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN; FFN PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABOR ONSET; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PLACENTA; PREMATURE LABOR; PROGNOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREATENED PRETERM LABOR; URINALYSIS; BLOOD; BLOOD CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GESTATIONAL AGE; IMMINENT ABORTION; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; TERM BIRTH;

ABORTION, THREATENED; ADULT; BLOOD CELLS; FEMALE; FIBRONECTINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; TERM BIRTH;

EID: 84901364962     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096901     Document Type: Article

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