A proposed bio-panel to predict risk for spontaneous preterm birth among African American women

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 558-564

  Gillespie, Shannon L ^a   Christian, Lisa M ^a,b   Neal, Jeremy L ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; AUTACOID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; FEMALE; FETUS MEMBRANE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INFLAMMATION; MATERNAL BLOOD; NEUTROPHIL LYMPHOCYTE RATIO; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREMATURE LABOR; RACE DIFFERENCE; BLACK PERSON; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; RISK FACTOR;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOMARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84946499210     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: 15322777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2015.07.026     Document Type: Article

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