Probing the potential of mucus permeability to signify preterm birth risk
Preterm birth is the leading cause of neonatal mortality, and is frequently associated with intra-amniotic infection hypothesized to arise from bacterial ascension across a dysfunctional cervical mucus plug. To study this dysfunction, we assessed the permeability of cervical mucus from non-pregnant...
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Nature Publishing Group
2017
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/112634 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0037-5999 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8260-338X |