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The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine Volume 22, 2009 - Issue 5
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Cord blood biomarkers of the fetal inflammatory response

Karen Mestan Division of Neonatology, Children's Memorial Hospital; Department of Pediatrics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Yunxian Yu Department of Pediatrics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA; Mary Ann and J. Milburn Smith Child Health Research Program, Children's Memorial Hospital and Children's Memorial Research Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Poul Thorsen Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Kristin Skogstrand Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Immunology, Statens Serum Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Nana Matoba Division of Neonatology, Children's Memorial Hospital; Department of Pediatrics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Xin Liu Department of Pediatrics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA; Mary Ann and J. Milburn Smith Child Health Research Program, Children's Memorial Hospital and Children's Memorial Research Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Rajesh Kumar Department of Pediatrics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA; Division of Allergy, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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David M. Hougaard Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Immunology, Statens Serum Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Munish Gupta Department of Neonatology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Colleen Pearson Department of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Katherin Ortiz Department of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Howard Bauchner Department of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Xiaobin Wang Department of Pediatrics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA; Mary Ann and J. Milburn Smith Child Health Research Program, Children's Memorial Hospital and Children's Memorial Research Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Pages 379-387 | Received 27 May 2008, Accepted 15 Oct 2008, Published online: 21 Jul 2009

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