TY - T1 - Oxidative stress - Related spontaneous preterm delivery challenges in causality determination, prevention and novel strategies in reduction of the sequelae SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/319492 T3 - A1 - Stefanovic, Vedran; Andersson, Sture; Vento, Maximo A2 - PB - Y1 - 2019 LA - eng AB - Spontaneous preterm birth (PTB) is one of the major complications of pregnancy and the main cause of neonatal mortality and morbidity. Despite the efforts devoted to the understanding of this obstetrical syndrome and improved medical care, there has been a tendency for the PTB rate to increase in the last decades globally. The costs of the screening for spontaneous PTB, its management, and treatment of the sequelae represent a major burden to the health service economy of high-income countries. ... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - AMNIOTIC-FLUID; ANTIOXIDANT ENZYMES; Amniocentesis; Amniotic fluid; BIRTH; Biomarkers; FETAL; IN-VIVO; Intrauterine inflammation; MEMBRANES; Microbial invasion of the amniotic cavity; N-ACETYLCYSTEINE; NEONATAL BRAIN; Oxidative stress; PRELABOR RUPTURE; PREMATURE RUPTURE; Placenta; Prematurity; 1182 Biochemistry, cell and molecular biology; 3111 Biomedicine; 3123 Gynaecology and paediatrics N1 - PP - ER -