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Cervical etiology of spontaneous preterm birth [PDF]

Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, 2016
The cervix functions as a barrier between the uterus and vagina and keeps the uterus closed until term so that the fetus can develop. For delivery the cervix must soften and dilate, and finally reconstitute to close the uterus. This complex process involves precisely timed activation of molecular and microstructural events.
Joy, Vink, Helen, Feltovich
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Preconceptional folate supplementation and the risk of spontaneous preterm birth: a cohort study.

PLoS Medicine, 2009
BackgroundLow plasma folate concentrations in pregnancy are associated with preterm birth. Here we show an association between preconceptional folate supplementation and the risk of spontaneous preterm birth.Methods and findingsIn a cohort of 34,480 low ...
Radek Bukowski, Fergal D Malone, Flint T Porter, David A Nyberg, Christine H Comstock, Gary D V Hankins, Keith Eddleman, Susan J Gross, Lorraine Dugoff, Sabrina D Craigo, Ilan E Timor-Tritsch, Stephen R Carr, Honor M Wolfe, Mary E D'Alton   +13 more
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Prevention of spontaneous preterm birth

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 2019
It is estimated that globally, approximately 13 million preterm infants are born annually and a much higher number of pregnancies are characterized by threatening preterm birth.A proportional inverse correlation between gestational age at delivery and neonatal mortality has been observed which is more prevalent in countries without high standard ...
George Daskalakis, Maria Goya, Vasilios Pergialiotis, Luis Cabero, Ioannis Kyvernitakis, Aris Antsaklis, Birgit Arabin   +6 more
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Preventing preterm births: analysis of trends and potential reductions with interventions in 39 countries with very high human development index. [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: Every year, 1·1 million babies die from prematurity, and many survivors are disabled. Worldwide, 15 million babies are born preterm (
Lackritz, Eve M, Cairns-Smith, Sarah, Chang, Hannah H, Spong, Catherine Y, Lawn, Joy E, Born Too Soon preterm prevention analysis group, Lee, Shoo K, Simpson, Joe Leigh, Howson, Christopher P, Serazin, Andrew C, Mason, Elizabeth, Walani, Salimah, Blencowe, Hannah, Larson, Jim   +13 more
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Early first trimester peripheral blood cell microRNA predicts risk of preterm delivery in pregnant women: Proof of concept. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
We investigated the capacity of first trimester peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) microRNA to determine risk of spontaneous preterm birth among pregnant women.The study included 39 pregnant women with the following delivery outcomes: 25 with a ...
Edward E Winger, Jane L Reed, Xuhuai Ji
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Association between Iron Supplementation, Dietary Iron Intake and Risk of Moderate Preterm Birth: A Birth Cohort Study in China

Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2021
Background: To evaluate the independent and collective effects of maternal iron supplementation and dietary iron intake upon the risk of moderate preterm birth and its subtypes.
Yawen Shao, Baohong Mao, Jie Qiu, Yan Bai, Ru Lin, Xiaochun He, Xiaojuan Lin, Ling Lv, Zhongfeng Tang, Min Zhou, Xiaoying Xu, Bin Yi, Qing Liu   +12 more
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Global report on preterm birth and stillbirth (1 of 7): definitions, description of the burden and opportunities to improve data. [PDF]

, 2010
INTRODUCTION: This is the first of seven articles from a preterm birth and stillbirth report. Presented here is an overview of the burden, an assessment of the quality of current estimates, review of trends, and recommendations to improve data.
Joy E Lawn, Gravett, Michael G, Cynthia Stanton, null null, Michael G Gravett, Nunes, Toni M, Stanton, Cynthia, Craig E Rubens, Lawn, Joy E, Rubens, Craig E, GAPPS Review Group, Toni M Nunes, Nunes Toni M, Stanton Cynthia, Rubens Craig E, Rodriguez, Alina,, Rubens, C, Lawn Joy E, Gravett Michael G, Kelley, M   +19 more
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Inherited predisposition to spontaneous preterm delivery [PDF]

, 2010
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Bhattacharya, Sohinee, Norman, Jane E., Campbell, Doris, Lee, Amanda Jane, Lee, Amanda J., Raja, Edwin Amalraj, Norman, Jane, Bhattacharya, Siladitya, Campbell, Doris M., Mirazo, Eider Ruiz, Ruiz-Mirazo, E   +10 more
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Measuring parents’ experiences and satisfaction with care during very preterm birth: a questionnaire development study [PDF]

, 2014
Objective: To develop a questionnaire to assess parents’ experiences and satisfaction with care during very preterm birth. Design: Questionnaire development.
G Gyte (13332405), Heike Rabe (4461271), Gyte, G., Ayers, S., Duley, L., H Rabe, S Ayers, Sawyer, A., Abbott, J., Sawyer, Alexandra; id_orcid, G Gyte, L Duley, J Abbott (7801466), Rabe, H., A Sawyer (7771754), A Sawyer, J Abbott, S Ayers (16054370), L Duley (7731557), Ayers, Susan, The Very Preterm Birth Collaborative Group (16187702), Ayers, S, Hubbard, Marie, Dorling, Jon, Ager, Gillian, Sawyer, Alexandra, Lance, Liz, Abbott, Jane, Rabe, H, Fawke, Joe Anthony, Brown, Johnette, Scorrer, Tim, Duley, L, Sawyer, A, Harper, Valerie, Gyte, Gill, Aladangady, Narendra   +36 more
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Factors associated with spontaneous preterm birth in Addis Ababa public hospitals, Ethiopia: cross sectional study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2018
Background Spontaneous preterm birth is commencement of labor with intact or pre labor rapture of membrane and birth before 37 weeks of gestation. The aim of this study was to identify common factors associated with spontaneous preterm birth in Addis ...
Ababe Tamirat Deressa, Amsale Cherie, Teshome Melese Belihu, Gemechu Ganfure Tasisa   +3 more
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