American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 201, Issue 6 , Pages 587.e1-587.e8, December 2009

Histologic chorioamnionitis, fetal involvement, and antenatal steroids: effects on neonatal outcome in preterm infants

Presented, in part, at the 35th Annual Meeting of the Fetal and Neonatal Physiologic Society, Maastricht, The Netherlands, June 22-25, 2008; the Annual Congress of the European Academy of Paediatrics, Barcelona, Spain, Oct. 7-10, 2006; and the Annual Meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies, San Francisco, CA, April 29-May 2, 2006.

  • Jasper V. Been, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, School for Oncology and Developmental Biology (GROW), Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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  • Ingrid G.I.J.G. Rours, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • Department Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • Department of Pediatrics, Maasstad Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • René F. Kornelisse, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Erasmus Medical Center–Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Valéria Lima Passos, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Methodology and Statistics, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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  • Boris W. Kramer, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, School for Oncology and Developmental Biology (GROW), Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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  • Tom A.J. Schneider, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Ronald R. de Krijger, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Luc J.I. Zimmermann, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, School for Oncology and Developmental Biology (GROW), Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Received 12 January 2009; received in revised form 3 April 2009; accepted 4 June 2009. published online 03 September 2009.

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 This study was supported in part by the Revolving Fund, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. J.V.B. is supported by a Profileringsfonds Grant from the Maastricht University Medical Center.

 The first 2 authors contributed equally to the study and article.

 Cite this article as: Been JV, Rours IGIJG, Kornelisse RF, et al. Histologic chorioamnionitis, fetal involvement, and antenatal steroids: effects on neonatal outcome in preterm infants. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2009;201:587.e1-8.

PII: S0002-9378(09)00647-4

doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2009.06.025

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 201, Issue 6 , Pages 587.e1-587.e8, December 2009

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