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Juan Pedro Kusanovic

Researcher at National Institutes of Health

Publications -  251
Citations -  19185

Juan Pedro Kusanovic is an academic researcher from National Institutes of Health. The author has contributed to research in topics: Pregnancy & Amniotic fluid. The author has an hindex of 65, co-authored 246 publications receiving 17350 citations. Previous affiliations of Juan Pedro Kusanovic include Detroit Medical Center & Wayne State University.

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Visfatin in human pregnancy: maternal gestational diabetes vis-à-vis neonatal birthweight

TL;DR: The linkage between increased maternal circulating visfatin and the presence of GDM or delivery of an LGA neonate supports the hypothesis that perturbation of adipokines homeostasis may play a role in the pathophysiology of G DM or excess fetal growth.
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Clinical chorioamnionitis at term VIII: a rapid MMP-8 test for the identification of intra-amniotic inflammation.

TL;DR: A rapid test is now available for the diagnosis of intra-amniotic inflammation, based on the determination of neutrophil collagenase or matrix metalloproteinase-8 (MMP-8), which had a significantly higher specificity than the ELISA interleukin (IL)-6 test for patients with clinical chorioamnionitis at term.