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135: The risk of preterm delivery in asymptomatic patients with a dynamic cervix

14: Identification of fetal and maternal single nucleotide polymorphisms in candidate genes that predispose to spontaneous preterm labor with intact membranes

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171: The frequency and clinical significance of intra-amniotic infection in women with placenta previa and vaginal bleeding: an unexpected observation

1: Identification of signature pathways at the site of rupture in chorionic membranes in spontaneous labor at term

227: Evidence for differential regulation of the adipokine visfatin in the maternal and fetal compartments in normal spontaneous labor at term

272: Retinol-binding protein-4: a novel adipokine implicated in the genesis of LGA in the absence of gestational diabetes mellitus

520: Activation of the alternative pathway of complement is a feature of preterm parturition but not of spontaneous labor at term

521: One of every four patients with an asymptomatic short cervix (15mm) has subclinical intra-amniotic inflammation: implications for patient counseling and management

534: Evidence in support for a role of anti-angiogenic factors in preterm prelabor rupture of membranes (PPROM)

article by Zeynep Alpay Savasan et al published December 2009 in American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

535: A molecular investigation of the microbial diversity and burden in preterm PROM reveals a high rate of infection with a broad range of organisms including gastrointestinal tract microbiota

653: Fragment Bb: evidence for activation of the alternative pathway of the complement system in pregnant women with pyelonephritis

692: Polymorphisms in maternal and fetal genes encoding for proteins involved in extracellular matrix metabolism alter the risk for small for gestational age

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73: Evidence for intersection between the angiogenic and inflammatory pathways in preterm labor and preterm PROM

791: Fetal death is associated with increased concentration of anti-angiogenic factors

792: Fetal death: a condition with a disparity in SVEGFR-2 between the maternal and fetal compartments

805: Serum and plasma determination of angiogenic and anti-angiogenic factors yield different results: the need for standardization in clinical practice

A decrease in maternal plasma concentrations of sVEGFR-2 precedes the clinical diagnosis of preeclampsia

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A genetic association study of maternal and fetal candidate genes that predispose to preterm prelabor rupture of membranes (PROM).

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A link between a hemostatic disorder and preterm PROM: a role for tissue factor and tissue factor pathway inhibitor

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A longitudinal study of angiogenic (placental growth factor) and anti-angiogenic (soluble endoglin and soluble vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-1) factors in normal pregnancy and patients destined to develop preeclampsia and deliver a sma

scientific article published on January 2008

A novel sonographic scoring system for antenatal risk assessment of obstetric complications in suspected morbidly adherent placenta

scientific article published on 01 April 2015

A prospective cohort study of the value of maternal plasma concentrations of angiogenic and anti-angiogenic factors in early pregnancy and midtrimester in the identification of patients destined to develop preeclampsia

A prospective cohort study of the value of maternal plasma concentrations of angiogenic and anti-angiogenic factors in early pregnancy and midtrimester in the identification of patients destined to develop preeclampsia

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A role for CXCL13 (BCA-1) in pregnancy and intra-amniotic infection/inflammation

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A role for mannose-binding lectin, a component of the innate immune system in pre-eclampsia

scientific article published on October 2008

A subset of patients destined to develop spontaneous preterm labor has an abnormal angiogenic/anti-angiogenic profile in maternal plasma: evidence in support of pathophysiologic heterogeneity of preterm labor derived from a longitudinal study

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Abdominal computed tomography (CT) scan in the evaluation of refractory puerperal fever: impact on management

scientific article published on 06 September 2018

Activation of the alternative pathway of complement is a feature of pre-term parturition but not of spontaneous labor at term

scientific article published on 12 February 2010

Acute pyelonephritis during pregnancy changes the balance of angiogenic and anti-angiogenic factors in maternal plasma

Acute pyelonephritis during pregnancy changes the balance of angiogenic and anti-angiogenic factors in maternal plasma

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Adiponectin and human pregnancy

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Adiponectin and leptin concentrations in dichorionic twins with discordant and concordant growth

scientific article published on 09 December 2008

Adiponectin in amniotic fluid in normal pregnancy, spontaneous labor at term, and preterm labor: A novel association with intra-amniotic infection/inflammation

Adiponectin in amniotic fluid in normal pregnancy, spontaneous labor at term, and preterm labor: a novel association with intra-amniotic infection/inflammation

scientific article published on February 2010

Adiponectin in human cord blood: relation to fetal birth weight and gender

scientific article published in December 2003

Adiponectin in severe preeclampsia.

scientific article published on January 2007

Advanced cervical dilatation and spontaneous preterm labor: a comparison between twin and singleton gestations

scientific article published in July 2015

Amniotic fluid angiopoietin-2 in term and preterm parturition, and intra-amniotic infection/inflammation

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Amniotic fluid fetal hemoglobin in normal pregnancies and pregnancies complicated with preterm labor or prelabor rupture of membranes

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Amniotic fluid heat shock protein 70 concentration in histologic chorioamnionitis, term and preterm parturition

scientific article published on July 2008

Amniotic fluid sTREM-1 in normal pregnancy, spontaneous parturition at term and preterm, and intra-amniotic infection/inflammation

Amniotic fluid sTREM-1 in normal pregnancy, spontaneous parturition at term and preterm, and intra-amniotic infection/inflammation

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Amniotic fluid soluble human leukocyte antigen-G in term and preterm parturition, and intra-amniotic infection/inflammation

Amniotic fluid soluble human leukocyte antigen-G in term and preterm parturition, and intra-amniotic infection/inflammation

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An elevated fetal interleukin-6 concentration can be observed in fetuses with anemia due to Rh alloimmunization: implications for the understanding of the fetal inflammatory response syndrome

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An imbalance between angiogenic and anti-angiogenic factors precedes fetal death in a subset of patients: results of a longitudinal study

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CEREBRAL PALSY AT THE AGE OF MODERN OBSTETRICS: ANCIENT BELIEFS VERSUS SOLID FACTS

scientific article published in August 2017

CXCL10/IP-10: a missing link between inflammation and anti-angiogenesis in preeclampsia?

scientific article published on November 2007

CXCL6 (granulocyte chemotactic protein-2): a novel chemokine involved in the innate immune response of the amniotic cavity

scientific article published on September 2008

Cell free expression of hif1α and p21 in maternal peripheral blood as a marker for preeclampsia and fetal growth restriction

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Cephalic extraction versus breech extraction in second stage cesarean section: a retrospective study

scientific article published on 13 May 2020

Cesarean delivery with and without uterine artery embolization for the management of placenta accreta spectrum disorder - A comparative study

scientific article published on 13 April 2020

Changes in amniotic fluid concentration of thrombin-antithrombin III complexes in patients with preterm labor: evidence of an increased thrombin generation

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Characterization of Visceral and Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue Transcriptome and Biological Pathways in Pregnant and Non-Pregnant Women: Evidence for Pregnancy-Related Regional-Specific Differences in Adipose Tissue

scientific article published on 4 December 2015

Characterization of the myometrial transcriptome and biological pathways of spontaneous human labor at term

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Characterization of the transcriptome of chorioamniotic membranes at the site of rupture in spontaneous labor at term

scientific article published on May 2010

Characterization of visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue transcriptome in pregnant women with and without spontaneous labor at term: implication of alternative splicing in the metabolic adaptations of adipose tissue to parturition.

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Chemerin concentrations in maternal and fetal compartments: implications for metabolic adaptations to normal human pregnancy

scientific article published on 01 May 2014

Chemerin is present in human cord blood and is positively correlated with birthweight ⬇️

scientific article published on August 10, 2012

Chorioamnionitis and increased galectin-1 expression in PPROM --an anti-inflammatory response in the fetal membranes?

scientific article published on October 2008

Circulating angiogenic factors in monochorionic twin pregnancies complicated by twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome and selective intrauterine growth restriction

scientific article published on 18 September 2013

Clinical chorioamnionitis--an ongoing obstetrical conundrum

scientific article published on 01 January 2016

Cord blood adiponectin and infant growth at one year ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 January 2011

Cord blood adiponectin in large-for-gestational age newborns

scientific article published on 01 September 2005

Could alterations in maternal plasma visfatin concentration participate in the phenotype definition of preeclampsia and SGA?

scientific article published on August 2010

Detection of a microbial biofilm in intraamniotic infection

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Determining the source of fetal adiponectin.

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Differential expression of microRNAs with progression of gestation and inflammation in the human chorioamniotic membranes.

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Disparity in post-treatment maternal circulating magnesium sulfate levels between twin and singleton gestation: Is this the missing link between plurality and adverse outcome?

scientific article published on 13 September 2014

Does antenatal steroids treatment prior to elective cesarean section at 34-37 weeks of gestation reduce neonatal morbidity? Evidence from a case control study

scientific article published on 24 October 2017

Dysregulation of maternal serum adiponectin in preterm labor

scientific article published on October 2009

Early diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus using circulating microRNAs

scientific article published on 01 November 2019

Early-Onset Preeclampsia and HELLP Syndrome: An Overview

Evidence for differential regulation of the adipokine visfatin in the maternal and fetal compartments in normal spontaneous labor at term

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Evidence in support of a role for anti-angiogenic factors in preterm prelabor rupture of membranes

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Evidence of changes in the immunophenotype and metabolic characteristics (intracellular reactive oxygen radicals) of fetal, but not maternal, monocytes and granulocytes in the fetal inflammatory response syndrome

scientific article published on January 2009

Evidence of maternal platelet activation, excessive thrombin generation, and high amniotic fluid tissue factor immunoreactivity and functional activity in patients with fetal death

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Evidence of the involvement of caspase-1 under physiologic and pathologic cellular stress during human pregnancy: a link between the inflammasome and parturition

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Exodus-1 (CCL20): evidence for the participation of this chemokine in spontaneous labor at term, preterm labor, and intrauterine infection.

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Fetal cardiomyopathy--in utero evaluation and clinical significance

scientific article published on 01 January 2007

Fetal death: a condition with a dissociation in the concentrations of soluble vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 between the maternal and fetal compartments

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Fetal membranes as an interface between inflammation and metabolism: increased aquaporin 9 expression in the presence of spontaneous labor at term and chorioamnionitis

scientific article published in December 2009

Fetal pleural effusion: Contemporary methods of genetic evaluation

scientific article published on 16 July 2019

Fragment Bb in amniotic fluid: evidence for complement activation by the alternative pathway in women with intra-amniotic infection/inflammation

scientific article published on October 2009

Fragment Bb: evidence for activation of the alternative pathway of the complement system in pregnant women with acute pyelonephritis

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High tissue factor activity and low tissue factor pathway inhibitor concentrations in patients with preterm labor

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Hyperresistinemia - a novel feature in systemic infection during human pregnancy

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Identification of fetal and maternal single nucleotide polymorphisms in candidate genes that predispose to spontaneous preterm labor with intact membranes

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Inflammation and Infection

Insulin sensitivity in late gestation and early postpartum period: the role of circulating maternal adipokines

scientific article published on 30 June 2011

Isobaric labeling and tandem mass spectrometry: a novel approach for profiling and quantifying proteins differentially expressed in amniotic fluid in preterm labor with and without intra-amniotic infection/inflammation

scientific article published on April 2010

Leukocytes of pregnant women with small-for-gestational age neonates have a different phenotypic and metabolic activity from those of women with preeclampsia

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Listeriosis in human pregnancy: a systematic review

scientific article published on 25 April 2011

Low circulating maternal adiponectin in patients with pyelonephritis: adiponectin at the crossroads of pregnancy and infection

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Maternal and neonatal circulating visfatin concentrations in patients with pre-eclampsia and a small-for-gestational age neonate

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Maternal anti-protein Z antibodies in pregnancies complicated by pre-eclampsia, SGA and fetal death

scientific article published in August 2009

Maternal plasma concentration of the pro-inflammatory adipokine pre-B-cell-enhancing factor (PBEF)/visfatin is elevated in pregnant patients with acute pyelonephritis

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Maternal plasma retinol binding protein 4 in acute pyelonephritis during pregnancy

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Maternal plasma visfatin in preterm labor.

scientific article published in August 2009

Maternal serum adiponectin multimers in gestational diabetes

scientific article published on January 2009

Maternal serum adiponectin multimers in patients with a small-for-gestational-age newborn

scientific article published on January 2009

Maternal serum adiponectin multimers in preeclampsia

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Maternal serum concentrations of the chemokine CXCL10/IP-10 are elevated in acute pyelonephritis during pregnancy.

scientific article published on October 2007

Maternal serum soluble CD30 is increased in normal pregnancy, but decreased in preeclampsia and small for gestational age pregnancies

scientific article published on December 2007

Maternal serum soluble CD30 is increased in pregnancies complicated with acute pyelonephritis

scientific article published on November 2007

Maternal visfatin concentration in normal pregnancy

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Metabolomics in premature labor: a novel approach to identify patients at risk for preterm delivery

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MicroRNA expression profiling of the human uterine cervix after term labor and delivery.

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Microbial invasion of the amniotic cavity in preeclampsia as assessed by cultivation and sequence-based methods ⬇️

scientific article published in September 2010

Microbial invasion of the amniotic cavity in pregnancies with small-for-gestational-age fetuses ⬇️

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Mode of delivery of twin gestation with very low birthweight: is vaginal delivery safe?

scientific article published on 19 March 2015

Neonatal outcome of late preterm uncomplicated monochorionic twins: what is the optimal time for delivery?

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Omentin, an adipokine with insulin-sensitizing properties, is negatively associated with insulin resistance in normal gestation

scientific article published in May 2015

Oral glucose tolerance test for suspected late onset gestational diabetes

scientific article published on 18 December 2019

Ovarian reserve after uterine artery embolization in women with morbidly adherent placenta: A cohort study

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Over-expression of the thrombin receptor (PAR-1) in the placenta in preeclampsia: a mechanism for the intersection of coagulation and inflammation.

scientific article published on June 2008

Patients with an asymptomatic short cervix (<or=15 mm) have a high rate of subclinical intraamniotic inflammation: implications for patient counseling

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Pentraxin 3 in amniotic fluid: a novel association with intra-amniotic infection and inflammation

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Pentraxin 3 in maternal circulation: an association with preterm labor and preterm PROM, but not with intra-amniotic infection/inflammation

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Perinatal outcome after fetal reduction from twin to singleton: to reduce or not to reduce?

scientific article published on 20 November 2014

Perinatal outcomes of intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy in twin versus singleton pregnancies: is plurality associated with adverse outcomes?

scientific article published on 25 July 2019

Placental growth hormone is increased in the maternal and fetal serum of patients with preeclampsia

scientific article published on September 2007

Placental viral infection sensitizes to endotoxin-induced pre-term labor: a double hit hypothesis

scientific article (2010)

Plasma adiponectin concentrations in non-pregnant, normal and overweight pregnant women.

scientific article published on January 2007

Polymorphisms in maternal and fetal genes encoding for proteins involved in extracellular matrix metabolism alter the risk for small-for-gestational-age

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Preeclampsia and small-for-gestational age are associated with decreased concentrations of a factor involved in angiogenesis: soluble Tie-2.

scientific article published on June 2008

Preeclampsia, Portliness, and Perturbation of Adipose Tissue Function-Are we Beginning to Connect the Dots?

scientific article published on 01 June 2017

Pregnancy outcome after multifetal pregnancy reduction of triplets to twins versus reduction to singletons

scientific article published on 30 December 2019

Pregnancy outcome of early multifetal pregnancy reduction: triplets to twins versus triplets to singletons

scientific article published on 16 September 2014

Premature labor: a state of platelet activation?

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Prenatal Diagnosis of Vasa Previa: Outpatient versus Inpatient Management

scientific article published on 21 August 2018

Prevalence and diversity of microbes in the amniotic fluid, the fetal inflammatory response, and pregnancy outcome in women with preterm pre-labor rupture of membranes

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Prophylactic pelvic artery catheterization and embolization in women with placenta accreta: can it prevent cesarean hysterectomy?

scientific article published on 29 January 2010

Quantitative assessment of physical activity in pregnant women with sonographic short cervix and the risk for preterm delivery: A prospective pilot study.

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Recurrent preterm birth.

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Resistin in Amniotic Fluid

Resistin in amniotic fluid and its association with intra-amniotic infection and inflammation

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Resistin: a hormone which induces insulin resistance is increased in normal pregnancy.

scientific article published on January 2007

Retinol binding protein 4--a novel association with early-onset preeclampsia

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Retinol binding protein 4: an adipokine associated with intra-amniotic infection/inflammation

scientific article published on February 2010

Retinol-binding protein 4: a novel adipokine implicated in the genesis of LGA in the absence of gestational diabetes mellitus

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Safety of low-dose prostaglandin E2 induction in grandmultiparous women with previous cesarean delivery

scientific article published on 26 July 2013

Second dose of PGE2 vaginal insert versus Foley transcervical balloon for induction of labor after failure of cervical ripening with PGE2 vaginal insert

scientific article published on 06 October 2016

Serum and plasma determination of angiogenic and anti-angiogenic factors yield different results: the need for standardization in clinical practice

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Should bilateral uterine artery notching be used in the risk assessment for preeclampsia, small-for-gestational-age, and gestational hypertension?

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Should patients with documented fetal lung immaturity after 34 weeks of gestation be treated with steroids? ⬇️

scientific article published on June 30, 2012

Significant increase in serum hCG levels following methotrexate therapy is associated with lower treatment success rates in ectopic pregnancy patients

scientific article published on 26 October 2018

Surfactant protein-A as an anti-inflammatory component in the amnion: implications for human pregnancy

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The 'immunologic theory' of preeclampsia revisited: a lesson from donor oocyte gestations

scientific article published on 19 March 2014

The Impact of Sperm and Egg Donation on the Risk of Pregnancy Complications

scientific article published on 21 July 2018

The Yield of Abdominal Ultrasound in the Evaluation of Elevated Liver Enzymes during the Second and the Third Trimester of Pregnancy

scientific article published on 19 May 2017

The anti-inflammatory limb of the immune response in preterm labor, intra-amniotic infection/inflammation, and spontaneous parturition at term: A role for interleukin-10

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The association between novel glucose indices in parturients with type 1 diabetes mellitus and clinically significant neonatal hypoglycemia

scientific article published on 11 December 2019

The change in concentrations of angiogenic and anti-angiogenic factors in maternal plasma between the first and second trimesters in risk assessment for the subsequent development of preeclampsia and small-for-gestational age.

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The clinical value of maternal and fetal Doppler parameters in low-risk postdates pregnancies - a prospective study.

scientific article published on 24 July 2017

The effect of mode of delivery in twin pregnancies on the latency period between diagnosis of preterm labor and birth

scientific article published on 26 March 2020

The fetal cardiovascular response to increased placental vascular impedance to flow determined with 4-dimensional ultrasound using spatiotemporal image correlation and virtual organ computer-aided analysis

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The fetal inflammatory response syndrome

scientific article published on September 2007

The frequency and clinical significance of intra-amniotic infection and/or inflammation in women with placenta previa and vaginal bleeding: an unexpected observation

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The frequency of meconium-stained amniotic fluid increases as a function of the duration of labor

scientific article published on 17 March 2011

The pattern and magnitude of "in vivo thrombin generation" differ in women with preeclampsia and in those with SGA fetuses without preeclampsia

scientific article published on 24 April 2017

The preterm parturition syndrome and its implications for understanding the biology, risk assessment, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of preterm birth

The prognosis of pregnancy conceived despite the presence of an intrauterine device (IUD).

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The risk of impending preterm delivery in asymptomatic patients with a nonmeasurable cervical length in the second trimester

scientific article published on 24 July 2010

The safety of early pregnancy exposure to granisetron

scientific article published on 29 November 2019

The transcriptome of cervical ripening in human pregnancy before the onset of labor at term: identification of novel molecular functions involved in this process

scientific article published on December 2009

Three-dimensional sonography of placental mesenchymal dysplasia and its differential diagnosis

scientific article published on March 2009

Tissue factor activity in women with preeclampsia or SGA: a potential explanation for the excessive thrombin generation in these syndromes

scientific article published on 19 May 2017

Tissue factor and its natural inhibitor in pre-eclampsia and SGA

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Total hemoglobin concentration in amniotic fluid is increased in intraamniotic infection/inflammation.

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Towards Implementation of the Saint Vincent Declaration: Outcomes of Women with Pregestational Diabetes

scientific article published on 01 March 2020

Twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome: an antiangiogenic state?

scientific article published on April 2008

Unexplained fetal death is associated with increased concentrations of anti-angiogenic factors in amniotic fluid

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Varicella-zoster virus (chickenpox) infection in pregnancy

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Visfatin in human pregnancy: maternal gestational diabetes vis-à-vis neonatal birthweight

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Visfatin/Pre-B cell colony-enhancing factor in amniotic fluid in normal pregnancy, spontaneous labor at term, preterm labor and prelabor rupture of membranes: an association with subclinical intrauterine infection in preterm parturition

scientific article published on January 2008

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