American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 193, Issue 3, Supplement , Pages 1121-1126, September 2005

Fetal immune response to oral pathogens and risk of preterm birth

  • Kim A. Boggess, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine
    • University of North Carolina School of Dentistry
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprints not available from the authors. Address correspondence to Kim A. Boggess, MD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Campus Box 7516, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7516.
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  • Kevin Moss

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dental Ecology, and Center for Oral and Systemic Diseases
    • University of North Carolina School of Dentistry
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  • Phoebus Madianos, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of North Carolina School of Dentistry
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  • Amy P. Murtha, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University Medical Center, Chapel Hill, NC
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  • James Beck, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dental Ecology, and Center for Oral and Systemic Diseases
    • University of North Carolina School of Dentistry
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  • Steven Offenbacher, DDS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dental Ecology, and Center for Oral and Systemic Diseases
    • University of North Carolina School of Dentistry

Received 25 February 2005; received in revised form 9 May 2005; accepted 10 May 2005.

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 Supported by K08 HD043284 (K. A. B.), R01 DE12453 (S. O.), and the University of North Carolina General Clinical Research Center grant RR00046.Presented at the Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting of the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine, February 7-12, 2005, Reno, Nev.

PII: S0002-9378(05)00729-5

doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2005.05.050

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 193, Issue 3, Supplement , Pages 1121-1126, September 2005