Assessment of cervicovaginal vascular endothelial growth factor in predicting preterm delivery
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2014-02-23
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Wiley
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Aim: The aim of this study is to estimate the effectiveness of cervicovaginal vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in predicting preterm delivery. Methods: Cervicovaginal VEGF was measured in 30 women who presented symptoms or signs of threatened preterm labor and the control group of 30 healthy pregnant patients by enzyme-linked immunoassay. Results: There was no statistically significant difference in cervicovaginal VEGF values between the threatened preterm labor group and the control group (P > 0.05). Similarly, no statistically significant difference was observed in terms of cervical length and cervicovaginal VEGF values between preterm and term-delivered groups (P > 0.05). Additionally, there was no correlation between cervicovaginal VEGF values and cervical length (P > 0.05) between the threatened preterm labor and the control groups. Conclusion: No correlation was found between cervicovaginal VEGF values and the preterm delivery. However, we believe that the role
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Cervical length, Obstetrics & gynecology, Labor, Pregnancy, Preterm, Induction, Vascular endothelial growth factor, Expression, Ultrasonographic cervical length, Interleukin-6, Birth, Risk, Inflammation, Labor, Biomarkers
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Yılmaz, E. M. vd. (2014). "Assessment of cervicovaginal vascular endothelial growth factor in predicting preterm delivery". Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research, 40(7), 1846-1852.