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| Emily A DeFrancoSummaryAffiliation: Washington University School of Medicine Country: USA Publications
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A short interpregnancy interval is a risk factor for preterm birth and its recurrenceEmily A DeFranco
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Center for Preterm Birth Research, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 197:264.e1-6. 2007..We tested the hypothesis that short interpregnancy intervals (IPIs) increase the risk for preterm birth (PTB), recurrence of PTB, and delivery at early extremes of gestational age...- Vaginal progesterone is associated with a decrease in risk for early preterm birth and improved neonatal outcome in women with a short cervix: a secondary analysis from a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trialE A DeFranco
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Center for Preterm Birth Research, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, USA
Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 30:697-705. 2007..To investigate the efficacy of vaginal progesterone to prevent early preterm birth in women with sonographic evidence of a short cervical length in the midtrimester... - Do vaginal birth after cesarean outcomes differ based on hospital setting?Emily A DeFranco
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 197:400.e1-6. 2007..The objective of the study was to test the null hypothesis that outcomes of vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) do not differ on the basis of the hospital setting... 
A population-based study of race-specific risk for placental abruptionTammy T Shen
Department of Pediatrics, Washington University in St, Louis, St, Louis, Missouri, USA
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 8:43. 2008....- Mother's genome or maternally-inherited genes acting in the fetus influence gestational age in familial preterm birthJevon Plunkett
Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Miss, USA
Hum Hered 68:209-19. 2009..We perform segregation analyses to identify the best fitting genetic model for gestational age, a quantitative proxy for preterm birth... 
The correlation in birth timing between singleton and twin gestations in the same motherEmily A DeFranco
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267 0526, USA
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 22:106-10. 2009..To test the hypothesis that the timing of twin births is correlated to that of their singleton siblings...- Area-level poverty and preterm birth risk: a population-based multilevel analysisEmily A DeFranco
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Washington University School of Medicine, St, Louis, Missouri, USA
BMC Public Health 8:316. 2008..To accomplish this, we used a multilevel logistic regression approach to account for multiple co-existent individual-level variables and county-level poverty rate... - Preterm birth in pregnancies complicated by major congenital malformations: a population-based studyStephanie E Purisch
Center for Preterm Birth Research, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 199:287.e1-8. 2008..The objective of the study was to estimate and compare the relative risk of preterm birth (PTB) in pregnancies complicated by 1 or more of 8 major congenital malformations (MCMs)... - Risk for postterm delivery after previous postterm deliveryZachary A F Kistka
Washington University School of Medicine, Center for Preterm Birth Research, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 196:241.e1-6. 2007..We examined the hypothesis that the risk for subsequent postterm birth is increased in women with an initial postterm birth... - A population-based study of race-specific risk for preterm premature rupture of membranesTammy T Shen
Center for Preterm Birth Research, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 199:373.e1-7. 2008..The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that race is associated with the risk of preterm birth due to preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM) and its recurrence... - Heritability of parturition timing: an extended twin design analysisZachary A F Kistka
Department of Pediatrics, Washington University, St Louis, MO, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 199:43.e1-5. 2008..The objective of the study was to assess relative maternal and paternal genetic influences on birth timing... - Paternal race is a risk factor for preterm birthLisanne Palomar
Department of Pediatrics, Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 197:152.e1-7. 2007..The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that paternal race influences the risk for preterm birth... - Improving the screening accuracy for preterm labor: is the combination of fetal fibronectin and cervical length in symptomatic patients a useful predictor of preterm birth? A systematic reviewEmily A DeFranco
Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 208:233.e1-6. 2013.... - The influence of hospital type on induction of labor and mode of deliveryCandice C Snyder
Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267 0526, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 205:346.e1-4. 2011..The purpose of this study was to compare labor induction and cesarean delivery rates at term in community vs university hospitals...