Open access peer-reviewed Edited Volume

Preterm Birth - Mother and Child

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John Morrison
John Morrison

University of Mississippi Medical Center,
United States of America

Published27 January 2012

Doi10.5772/1284

ISBN978-953-307-828-1

eBook (PDF) ISBN978-953-51-4370-3

Copyright year2012

Number of pages370

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Table of Contents

Open access  chapters

1. Assisted Reproduction and Preterm Birth

By Offer Erez, Ruth Beer-Weisel, Tal Rafaeli-Yehudai, Idit Erez-Weiss and Moshe Mazor

3,281
2. Environmental Exposures, Genetic Susceptibility and Preterm Birth

By Regina Grazuleviciene, Jone Vencloviene, Asta Danileviciute, Audrius Dedele and Gediminas Balcius

2,197
3. Clinical Risk Factors for Preterm Birth

By Ifeoma Offiah, Keelin O’Donoghue and Louise Kenny

8,928
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4. Psychobiological Stress and Preterm Birth

By Curt A. Sandman, Elysia P. Davis and Laura M. Glynn

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5. Oxidative Stress and Antioxidants: Preterm Birth and Preterm Infants

By Robert A. Knuppel, Mohamed I. Hassan, James J. McDermott, J. Martin Tucker and John C. Morrison

5,522
6. Weakening and Rupture of Human Fetal Membranes – Biochemistry and Biomechanics

By N. Rangaswamy, D. Kumar, R.M. Moore, B.M. Mercer, J.M. Mansour, R. Redline and J.J. Moore

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7. The Effect of Inflammation on Preterm Birth

By Grazzia Rey, Silvana Pereyra, Tatiana Velazquez, Daniel Grasso, Justo Alonso, Bernardo Bertoni and Rossana Sapiro

3,194
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8. Uterine Contraction Monitoring, Maintenance Tocolysis, and Preterm Birth

By John C. Morrison, John P. Elliott and Stephen Jones

3,215
9. Progestins and Preterm Birth

By Helen Y. How and Baha M. Sibai

2,904
12. Preterm Birth of Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants

By Jonathan Muraskas, Lisa DeGregoris, Colleen Rusciolelli and Christine Sajous

9,804
13. The Protective Role of Erythropoietin in the Developing Brain

By Marco Sifringer, Angela M. Kaindl, Stefanie Endesfelder, Clarissa von Haefen, Ivo Bendix and Ursula Felderhoff-Mueser

2,715
14. Preterm Birth and Long-Term Pulmonary Function

By Indra Narang and Amal Al-Naimi

3,355
15. Cardiovascular Consequences of Preterm Birth in the First Year of Life

By Karinna Fyfe, Stephanie R. Yiallourou and Rosemary S.C. Horne

3,455
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