A role for CXCL13 (BCA-1) in pregnancy and intra-amniotic infection/inflammation.

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Published in J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med on November 01, 2008

Authors

Chia-Ling Nhan-Chang1, Roberto Romero, Juan Pedro Kusanovic, Francesca Gotsch, Samuel S Edwin, Offer Erez, Pooja Mittal, Chong Jai Kim, Mi Jeong Kim, Jimmy Espinoza, Lara A Friel, Edi Vaisbuch, Nandor Gabor Than, Shali Mazaki-Tovi, Sonia S Hassan

Author Affiliations

1: Perinatology Research Branch, Intramural Division, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NICHD/NIH/DHHS, Hutzel Women's Hospital, Detroit, MI 48201, USA. prbchiefstaff@med.wayne.edu

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