The biomechanics of amnion rupture: an X-ray diffraction study.

Pre-term birth is the leading cause of perinatal and neonatal mortality, 40% of which are attributed to the pre-term premature rupture of amnion. Rupture of amnion is thought to be associated with a corresponding decrease in the extracellular collagen content and/or increase in collagenase activity....

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Published in:	PLoS ONE
Main Authors:	Che J Connon, Takahiro Nakamura, Andy Hopkinson, Andrew Quantock, Naoto Yagi, James Doutch, Keith M Meek
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-11-01
Online Access:	https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0001147&type=printable