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The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine Volume 33, 2020 - Issue 24
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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

Robert ParaPerinatology Research Branch, Division of Obstetrics and Maternal Fetal Medicine, Division of Intramural Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, US Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, and Detroit, Michigan, USA; ;Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA; View further author information
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Roberto RomeroPerinatology Research Branch, Division of Obstetrics and Maternal Fetal Medicine, Division of Intramural Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, US Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, and Detroit, Michigan, USA; ;Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA; ;Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA; ;Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA; Correspondence[email protected] [email protected]
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Derek MillerPerinatology Research Branch, Division of Obstetrics and Maternal Fetal Medicine, Division of Intramural Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, US Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, and Detroit, Michigan, USA; ;Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA; View further author information
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Bogdan PanaitescuPerinatology Research Branch, Division of Obstetrics and Maternal Fetal Medicine, Division of Intramural Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, US Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, and Detroit, Michigan, USA; ;Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA; View further author information
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Aneesha VarreyPerinatology Research Branch, Division of Obstetrics and Maternal Fetal Medicine, Division of Intramural Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, US Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, and Detroit, Michigan, USA; ;Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA; View further author information
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Tinnakorn ChaiworapongsaPerinatology Research Branch, Division of Obstetrics and Maternal Fetal Medicine, Division of Intramural Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, US Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, and Detroit, Michigan, USA; ;Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA; View further author information
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Sonia S. HassanPerinatology Research Branch, Division of Obstetrics and Maternal Fetal Medicine, Division of Intramural Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, US Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, and Detroit, Michigan, USA; ;Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA; ;Department of Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA; View further author information
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Chaur-Dong HsuDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA; ;Department of Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA; View further author information
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Nardhy Gomez-LopezPerinatology Research Branch, Division of Obstetrics and Maternal Fetal Medicine, Division of Intramural Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, US Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, and Detroit, Michigan, USA; ;Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA; ;Department of Immunology, Microbiology and Biochemistry, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USACorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
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Pages 4117-4132 | Received 26 Jan 2019, Accepted 16 Mar 2019, Published online: 18 Apr 2019

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