Acute funisitis is associated with distinct changes in fetal hematologic profile

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 588-593

  Kim, Eun Na ^a,b   Kim, Chong Jai ^b   Park, Jeong Woo ^c   Yoon, Bo Hyun ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fetal inflammatory response syndrome; Funisitis; Hematologic profile; Preterm birth

Indexed keywords

UTERUS SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE FUNISITIS; ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; FUNISITIS; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LEUKOPENIA; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOCYTE; MONOCYTOPENIA; MONOCYTOSIS; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NEUTROPHILIA; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; ACUTE DISEASE; BLOOD; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CYTOLOGY; FETUS; FETUS BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGY; NEUTROPHIL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; VASCULARIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETUS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NEUTROPHILS; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929301674     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2014.927426     Document Type: Article

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