This paper is the first in a three-part series on preterm birth, which is the leading cause of
perinatal morbidity and mortality in developed countries. Infants are born preterm at less …

Evidence from family and twin-based studies provide strong support for a significant
contribution of maternal and fetal genetics to the timing of parturition and spontaneous …

Preterm labor leading to preterm delivery (< 37 weeks' gestation) affects approximately 5–
7% of live births in developed countries, but significantly higher in developing countries …

ContextInformation about risk of recurrent preterm delivery is useful to clinicians,
researchers, and policy makers for counseling, generating etiologic leads, and measuring …

OBJECTIVE: We examined the hypothesis that black race independent of other factors
increases the risk for extreme preterm birth and its frequency of recurrence at a similar …

High‐dimensional biology (HDB) refers to the simultaneous study of the genetic variants
(DNA variation), transcription (messenger RNA [mRNA]), peptides and proteins, and …

Maternal and associated neonatal mortality rates in sub-Saharan Africa remain
unacceptably high. In Mulago Hospital (Kampala, Uganda), 2 major causes of maternal …

OBJECTIVE: To identify factors associated with spontaneous preterm birth and to estimate
the risk of its recurrence for the second through fourth births among women in Utah who had …

Infants born before term (< 37 weeks) have an increased risk of neonatal mortality as well as
other health problems. The increasing rate of preterm birth in recent decades, despite …

The timing of birth is a critical determinant of perinatal outcome. Despite intensive research,
the molecular mechanisms responsible for the onset of labor both at term and preterm …