Measurement of maternal serum amyloid A as a novel marker of preterm birth.

Moustafa I Ibrahim Mohamed I Ellaithy Ahmed M HusseinMona M NematallahHeba A Allam Ahmed Sherif Abdel HamidRany M HararaAmr A Riad Tarek A Rafaat

Published in: The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians (2019)

mSAA level was found to be elevated among women with threatened PTL who end with PTB; mSAA is a potentially useful predictive marker of PTB that warrant further study. CLINICALTRIALS.GOV: NCT01639027.

Keyphrases

preterm birth
gestational age
low birth weight
birth weight
pregnant women
pregnancy outcomes
weight loss