Seminars in perinatology

Approximately one in ten (approximately 500,000) pregnancies results in preterm birth (PTB) annually in the United States. Although we have seen a slight decrease in the U.S. PTB rate between 2007 and 2014, data from 2014 to 2015 shows the …

The cyclic angiogenesis that occurs uniquely within the female reproductive tract is critical for normal reproduction. Two families of endothelial cell-specific growth factors and their receptors have been identified in the ovary, uterus, a…