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Second trimester amniotic fluid cytokine concentrations, Ureaplasma sp. colonisation status and sexual activity as predictors of preterm birth in Chinese and Australian women

BACKGROUND: This study tested if second trimester amniotic fluid cytokine levels, Ureaplasma sp. colonisation and sexual activity predict preterm birth and explain the differential preterm birth rates in Chinese compared to Australian women. METHODS: Amniotic fluid was collected by amniocentesis (Ch...

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Autores principales: Payne, Matthew S, Feng, Zhenhua, Li, Shaofu, Doherty, Dorota A, Xu, Biyun, Li, Jie, Liu, Lenan, Keelan, Jeffrey A, Zhou, Yi Hua, Dickinson, Jan E, Hu, Yali, Newnham, John P
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4261245/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25273669
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2393-14-340