Impact of preterm birth on maternal wellbeing and women’s perceptions of their baby by Henderson, J, Carson, C, Redshaw, M

“…<strong>Background:</strong> Approximately 15 million babies were born preterm worldwide in 2010 and In England in 2014 there were 52, 249 preterm births. Preterm babies are at increased risk of poor outcomes and this can put enormous strain on the family. …”

The effect of maternal alcohol consumption on fetal growth and preterm birth. by O'Leary, C, Nassar, N, Kurinczuk, J, Bower, C

“… OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between prenatal alcohol exposure and fetal growth and preterm birth and to estimate the effect of dose and timing of alcohol exposure in pregnancy. …”

Differing impact of preterm birth on the right and left atria in adulthood by Schuermans, A, den Harink, T, Raman, B, Smillie, RW, Alsharqi, M, Mohamed, A, Lapidaire, W, van Deutekom, AW, Leeson, P, Lewandowski, AJ

“…<p><strong>Background</strong></p> <p>Preterm birth affects 10% of live births and is associated with an altered left ventricular and right ventricular phenotype and increased cardiovascular disease risk in young adulthood. …”

The distribution of clinical phenotypes of preterm birth syndrome: implications for prevention. by Barros, F, Papageorghiou, A, Victora, C, Noble, J, Pang, R, Iams, J, Cheikh Ismail, L, Goldenberg, R, Lambert, A, Kramer, MS, Carvalho, M, Conde-Agudelo, A, Jaffer, Y, Bertino, E, Gravett, MG, Altman, D, Ohuma, E, Purwar, M, Frederick, I, Bhutta, Z, Kennedy, S, Villar, J

“…IMPORTANCE: Preterm birth has been difficult to study and prevent because of its complex syndromic nature. …”

Preterm birth and detection of common respiratory pathogens among pediatric pneumonia by Xin-Rui Wang, Juan Du, Shan-Shan Zhang, Wan-Xue Zhang, Xiao-Ai Zhang, Qing-Bin Lu, Luo Ren, Wei Liu, En-Mei Liu

“…Summary: Pneumonia complicated by preterm birth is related to adverse clinical sequelae from the neonatal period to childhood. …”
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Identification of Potential Biomarkers in the Cervicovaginal Fluid by Metabolic Profiling for Preterm Birth by AbuZar Ansari, Heeyeon Lee, Young-Ah You, Youngae Jung, Sunwha Park, Soo Min Kim, Geum-Sook Hwang, Young Ju Kim

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The genetic susceptibility linking preterm birth and periodontal disease – a review by Joana Couceiro, Ana Rita Grosso, Pedro V. Baptista, José J. Mendes, Alexandra R. Fernandes, Alexandre Quintas

“…AbstractIntroduction Preterm birth (PTB) is a major clinical and public health challenge, being the main determinant of neonatal mortality and the second most common cause of death in children younger than 5 years old [1]. …”
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Maternal multimorbidity and preterm birth in Scotland: an observational record-linkage study by Amaya Azcoaga-Lorenzo, Adeniyi Francis Fagbamigbe, Utkarsh Agrawal, Mairead Black, Muhammad Usman, Siang Ing Lee, Kelly-Ann Eastwood, Ngawai Moss, Rachel Plachcinski, Catherine Nelson-Piercy, Sinead Brophy, Dermot O’Reilly, Krishnarajah Nirantharakumar, Colin McCowan, on behalf of the MuM-PreDiCT Group

“…Abstract Background Multimorbidity is common in women across the life course. Preterm birth is the single biggest cause of neonatal mortality and morbidity. …”
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Chlamydia trachomatis lower genital tract infection and spontaneous preterm birth by Larissa Brito Bastos, Giulia Karnauchovas Porto Cunha, Stella Felippe de Freitas, Ricardo de Carvalho Cavalli, Silvana Maria Quintana

“…Chlamydial infections during the gestational period have been associated with adverse obstetric outcomes, such as spontaneous preterm birth (sPTB). However, results in the literature are inconclusive. …”
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Risk factors of preterm birth in Sri Lanka: case-control study by Dimuth Peiris, Kapila Jayaratne, Rohini de Alwis Seneviratne

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Leptin and Leptin Receptor Polymorphisms in Infants and Their Parents: Correlation with Preterm Birth by Francesco Savino, Allegra Sardo, Stefano Gambarino, Maddalena Dini, Anna Clemente, Anna Pau, Ilaria Galliano, Massimiliano Bergallo

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Cultural considerations and beliefs surrounding preterm birth in Kenya and South Africa by Cecilia Milford, Emma Smith, Kenneth Ngure, Nicholas B. Thuo, Sara Newmann, Nalinie Lazarus, Mags Beksinska, Nelly Mugo, Larry Rand

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Risk Scoring Systems for Preterm Birth and Their Performance: A Systematic Review by Amaro Ferreira, João Bernardes, Hernâni Gonçalves

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Molecular Mechanism of Microbiota Metabolites in Preterm Birth: Pathological and Therapeutic Insights by AbuZar Ansari, Shambhunath Bose, Youngah You, Sunwha Park, Youngju Kim

“…Preterm birth (PTB) refers to the birth of infants before 37 weeks of gestation and is a challenging issue worldwide. …”
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Risk and Clinical Significance of Idiopathic Preterm Birth in Microvillus Inclusion Disease by Changsen Leng, Yue Sun, Sven C. D. van IJzendoorn

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Factors Associated with Spontaneous Preterm Birth after Ultrasound-Indicated Cerclage by Kyong-No Lee, Sangho Yun, So-Yoon Park, Kyoungseon Kim, Keun-Young Lee, Jae Jun Lee, Ga-Hyun Son

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Socioeconomic inequality in preterm birth in four Brazilian birth cohort studies by Ana Daniela Izoton de Sadovsky, Alicia Matijasevich, Iná S. Santos, Fernando C. Barros, Angelica Espinosa Miranda, Mariangela Freitas Silveira

“…Late preterm births comprised the highest proportion among the preterm births in all studies, although their rates decreased over the years. …”
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Lung function in young adulthood in relation to moderate-to-late preterm birth by Björn Lundberg, Simon Kebede Merid, Petra Um-Bergström, Gang Wang, Anna Bergström, Sandra Ekström, Inger Kull, Erik Melén, Jenny Hallberg

“…Background Moderate-to-late preterm birth (32 to <37 weeks of gestation) has been associated with impaired lung function in adolescence, but data in adulthood and physiological phenotyping beyond spirometry are scarce. …”
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Preterm birth accelerates the maturation of spontaneous and resting activity in the visual cortex by Isabelle F. Witteveen, Emily McCoy, Emily McCoy, Troy D. Holsworth, Catherine Z. Shen, Winnie Chang, Madelyn G. Nance, Allison R. Belkowitz, Avery Dougald, Meghan H. Puglia, Meghan H. Puglia, Adema Ribic, Adema Ribic

Subjects: “…preterm (birth)…”
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Characterization of methylation profiles in spontaneous preterm birth placental villous tissue by Heather M. Brockway, Samantha L. Wilson, Suhas G. Kallapur, Catalin S. Buhimschi, Louis J. Muglia, Helen N. Jones

“…Preterm birth is a global public health crisis which results in significant neonatal and maternal mortality. …”
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