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The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine Volume 29, 2016 - Issue 16
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An elevated amniotic fluid prostaglandin F2α concentration is associated with intra-amniotic inflammation/infection, and clinical and histologic chorioamnionitis, as well as impending preterm delivery in patients with preterm labor and intact membranes

Jee Yoon ParkDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea,
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Roberto RomeroPerinatology Research Branch, Program for Perinatal Research and Obstetrics, Division of Intramural Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH/DHHS, Bethesda, MD, Detroit, MI, USA, ;Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, ;Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA, ;Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA, and
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JoonHo LeeDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea,
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Piya ChaemsaithongPerinatology Research Branch, Program for Perinatal Research and Obstetrics, Division of Intramural Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH/DHHS, Bethesda, MD, Detroit, MI, USA, ;Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA
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Noppadol ChaiyasitPerinatology Research Branch, Program for Perinatal Research and Obstetrics, Division of Intramural Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH/DHHS, Bethesda, MD, Detroit, MI, USA, ;Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA
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Bo Hyun YoonDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Correspondence[email protected]
Pages 2563-2572 | Received 27 Aug 2015, Accepted 13 Sep 2015, Published online: 15 Dec 2015

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Kyung Joon Oh, Roberto Romero, Hyeon Ji Kim, JoonHo Lee, Joon-Seok Hong & Bo Hyun Yoon. (2022) Preterm labor with intact membranes: a simple noninvasive method to identify patients at risk for intra-amniotic infection and/or inflammation. The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine 35:26, pages 10514-10529.
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Hassendrini N. Peiris, Roberto Romero, Kanchan Vaswani, Sarah Reed, Nardhy Gomez-Lopez, Adi L. Tarca, Dereje W. Gudicha, Offer Erez, Eli Maymon & Murray D. Mitchell. (2021) Preterm labor is characterized by a high abundance of amniotic fluid prostaglandins in patients with intra-amniotic infection or sterile intra-amniotic inflammation. The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine 34:24, pages 4009-4024.
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Robert Para, Roberto Romero, Derek Miller, Bogdan Panaitescu, Aneesha Varrey, Tinnakorn Chaiworapongsa, Sonia S. Hassan, Chaur-Dong Hsu & Nardhy Gomez-Lopez. (2020) Human β-defensin-3 participates in intra-amniotic host defense in women with labor at term, spontaneous preterm labor and intact membranes, and preterm prelabor rupture of membranes. The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine 33:24, pages 4117-4132.
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Soo Ran Choi, Nae Ri Yoon & Sung Ook Hwang. (2017) Is a cause of postpartum hemorrhage of using of tocolytic agents in preterm delivery?. The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine 30:22, pages 2711-2715.
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Kyung Joon Oh, Roberto Romero, Jee Yoon Park, Jihyun Kang, Joon-Seok Hong & Bo Hyun Yoon. (2019) A high concentration of fetal fibronectin in cervical secretions increases the risk of intra-amniotic infection and inflammation in patients with preterm labor and intact membranes. Journal of Perinatal Medicine 47:3, pages 288-303.
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