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Phenotypic and metabolic characteristics of maternal monocytes and granulocytes in preterm labor with intact membranes.
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology - 1 Nov 2001
Gervasi M T, Chaiworapongsa T, Naccasha N, Blackwell S, Yoon B H, Maymon E, Romero R
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OBJECTIVE: Experimental and clinical studies support a role for the fetus in the control of the onset of labor. Fetal systemic inflammation, but not a maternal inflammatory response, has been linked to the onset of preterm labor and delivery on the basis of the determination of inflammatory cytokines in fetal and maternal blood. We propose that parturition requires fetomaternal cooperation and that inflammation...
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