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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Main Authors: Conroy, K., Pagidas, K., Snegovskikh, V., House, M., Smith-Dupont, K. B., Wagner, Caroline E, Witten, Jacob Julian Seid, Rudoltz, Hannah R., Ribbeck, Katharina
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Environmental Health Sciences
Format: Article
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/112634
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0037-5999
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8260-338X