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Placental chorioamnionitis at term: epidemiology and follow-up in childhood.

Amniotic fluid sTREM-1 in normal pregnancy, spontaneous parturition at term and preterm, and intra-amniotic infection/inflammation.

High tissue factor activity and low tissue factor pathway inhibitor concentrations in patients with preterm labor.

Amniotic fluid volume in intra-amniotic inflammation with and without culture-proven amniotic fluid infection in preterm premature rupture of membranes.

Perinatal listeriosis: Canada's 2008 outbreaks.

Expression and regulation of prostaglandin receptors in the human placenta and fetal membranes at term and preterm.

Delayed interval delivery in the setting of placental abruption: a case report.

Fetal inflammatory response is often present at early stages of intra-amniotic infection, and its distribution along cord is variable.

Serum concentrations of adrenal steroids and their precursors as a measure of maturity of adrenocortical function in very premature newborns.

The number of CD68(+) (Hofbauer) cells is decreased in placentas with chorioamnionitis and with advancing gestational age.

Expert opinion vs. patient perception of obstetrical outcomes in laboring women with birth plans.

Fetal membranes as an interface between inflammation and metabolism: increased aquaporin 9 expression in the presence of spontaneous labor at term and chorioamnionitis.

Amniotic fluid soluble human leukocyte antigen-G in term and preterm parturition, and intra-amniotic infection/inflammation.

Ectopic decidua in abdominal washings found intraoperatively at cesarean section.

Changes in amniotic fluid concentration of thrombin-antithrombin III complexes in patients with preterm labor: evidence of an increased thrombin generation.

Mitochondrial manganese superoxide dismutase mRNA expression in human chorioamniotic membranes and its association with labor, inflammation, and infection.

Factors affecting the duration of the latency period in preterm premature rupture of membranes.

Evidence for complement activation in the amniotic fluid of women with spontaneous preterm labor and intra-amniotic infection.

Subclinical histologic chorioamnionitis and related clinical and laboratory parameters in preterm deliveries.

Neonatal outcomes in the setting of preterm premature rupture of membranes complicated by chorioamnionitis.