Placenta
Volume 29, Issue 12 , Pages 995-1002 , December 2008

Pre-labour Fetal Membranes Overlying the Cervix Display Alterations in Inflammation and NF-κB Signalling Pathways

  • M. Lappas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    • Mercy Perinatal Research Centre, Mercy Hospital for Women, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence and reprint requests to: Martha Lappas, Mercy Hospital for Women, Level 4/163 Studley Road, Heidelberg 3084, Victoria, Australia. Tel.: +61 3 8458 4370; fax: +61 3 8458 4380.
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  • T.L. Odumetse

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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  • C. Riley

      Affiliations

    • Translational Proteomics, Baker IDI, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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  • N.G. Reti

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    • Mercy Perinatal Research Centre, Mercy Hospital for Women, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
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  • S.J. Holdsworth-Carson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    • Mercy Perinatal Research Centre, Mercy Hospital for Women, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
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  • G.E. Rice

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    • Translational Proteomics, Baker IDI, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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  • M. Permezel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    • Mercy Perinatal Research Centre, Mercy Hospital for Women, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia

,Accepted 3 September 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2008.09.010

Placenta
Volume 29, Issue 12 , Pages 995-1002 , December 2008

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