The proceedings of the second workshop on preterm delivery sponsored by the Preterm Birth Collaborative (PREBIC) have been published in the journal Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica (June 2005, volume 84, issue 6). Featured articles are:
  • Preterm Delivery (editorial)
  • Biomarkers for the Prediction of Preterm Delivery
  • Progesterone Supplementation for Preventing Preterm Birth: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
  • Prediction of Term and Preterm Parturition and Treatment Monitoring by Measurement of Cervical Cross-Linked Collagen Using Light-Induced Fluorescence
  • Vaginal Markers of Preterm Birth
  • The Danish National Birth Cohort: A Data Source for Studying Preterm Birth
  • Recent Work on the Epidemiology of Preterm Birth
  • Cervical Length Assessment by Ultrasound
  • Serum Biomarkers of Spontaneous Preterm Birth
  • Histologic Placental Lesions in Women with Recurrent Preterm Delivery
  • Interleukin-6 and Interleukin-8 in Cervical Fluid in a Population of Swedish Women in Preterm Labor: Relationship to Microbial Invasion of the Amniotic Fluid, Intra-Amniotic Inflammation, and Preterm Delivery
  • Preterm Birth in Sweden 1973-2001: Rate, Subgroups, and Effect of Changing Patterns in Multiple Births, Maternal Age, and Smoking
  • Monocyte Chemotactic Protein-2 and -3 in Amniotic Fluid: Relationship to Microbial Invasion of the Amniotic Cavity, Intra-Amniotic Inflammation and Preterm Delivery
  • Maternal Smoking and Causes of Very Preterm Birth

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