Plasma inflammatory and immune proteins as predictors of intra-amniotic infection and spontaneous preterm delivery in women with preterm labor: a retrospective study

• Main Authors: Hyunsoo Park (Author), Kyo Hoon Park (Author), Yu Mi Kim (Author), Song Yi Kook (Author), Se Jeong Jeon (Author), Ha-Na Yoo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background We investigated whether various inflammatory and immune proteins in plasma predict intra-amniotic infection and imminent preterm delivery in women with preterm labor and compared their predictive ability with that of amniotic fluid (AF) interleukin (IL)-6 and serum C-reactive pro...