Preterm birth, intrauterine infection and fetal inflammation
Preterm birth (delivery before 37 weeks’ gestation) is a leading cause of neonatal death and disease in industrialised and developing countries alike. Infection (most notably in high-risk deliveries occurring before 28 weeks’ gestation) is hypothesised to initiate an intrauterine inflammatory respon...
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| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2014-12-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Immunology |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2014.00574/full |