European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
Volume 141, Issue 2 , Pages 115-118 , December 2008

Familial Mediterranean fever during pregnancy: An independent risk factor for preterm delivery

  • Danielle Ofir

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Be’er-Sheva, Israel
    • ,
  • Amalia Levy

      Affiliations

    • Epidemiology and Health Services Evaluation, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Be’er-Sheva, Israel
    • ,
  • Arnon Wiznitzer

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Be’er-Sheva, Israel
    • ,
  • Moshe Mazor

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Be’er-Sheva, Israel
    • ,
  • Eyal Sheiner

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Be’er-Sheva, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Soroka University Medical Center, P.O. Box 151, Be’er-Sheva, Israel. Tel.: +972 8 6400774; fax: +972 8 6275338.

Received 6 May 2008 ,Revised 13 July 2008 ,Accepted 22 July 2008.

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☆ Presented in part at the 28th Annual Meeting of the Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine (SMFM), Dallas, TX, CA, USA, January 28–February 2, 2008.

PII: S0301-2115(08)00302-3

doi: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2008.07.025

European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
Volume 141, Issue 2 , Pages 115-118 , December 2008

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