Inflammatory and Angiogenic Factors at Mid-Pregnancy Are Associated with Spontaneous Preterm Birth in a Cohort of Tanzanian Women

Preterm birth (PTB) is the leading cause of perinatal mortality worldwide, with the greatest burden occurring in resource-constrained settings. Based on the hypothesis that altered placental angiogenesis and inflammation early in pregnancy lead to PTB, we examined whether levels of inflammatory and...

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Veröffentlicht in:PloS one 2015-08, Vol.10 (8), p.e0134619-e0134619
Hauptverfasser: McDonald, Chloe R, Darling, Anne M, Conroy, Andrea L, Tran, Vanessa, Cabrera, Ana, Liles, W Conrad, Wang, Molin, Aboud, Said, Urassa, Willy, Fawzi, Wafaie W, Kain, Kevin C
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