Overview of spontaneous preterm birth: A complex and multifactorial phenotype

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 518-530

  Esplin, Michael S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

causes; etiologies; phenotype; spontaneous preterm birth

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; LABOR; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RISK FACTOR;

FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84905853639     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: 15325520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GRF.0000000000000037     Document Type: Conference Paper

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