National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network

Publications List


(Updated: 09/29/2008)

  • Sibai BM, Caritis SN, Thom EA, Klebanoff MA, McNellis D, Rocco L, Paul RH, Romero R, Witter F, Rosen M, Depp R, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Network of Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units. Prevention of preeclampsia with low-dose aspirin in healthy, nulliparous pregnant women. New England Journal of Medicine, 329:1213 1218, 1993.

  • Romero R, Sibai BM, Caritis SN, Paul R, Depp R, Rosen M, Klebanoff MA, Sabo V, Evans J, Thom EA, Cefalo R and McNellis D, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network. Antibiotic treatment of preterm labor with intact membranes: A multicenter, randomized, double-blinded placebo-controlled trial. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 169:764-774, 1993.

  • The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Network of Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units. A clinical trial of induction of labor versus expectant management in posttermpregnancy. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 170:716-723, 1994.

  • Landon M, Harger J, McNellis D, Mercer BM, Thom E. Prevention of neonatal group B streptococcal infection. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 84:460-462, 1994.

  • Sibai BM, Gordon T, Thom EA, Caritis SN, Klebanoff MA, McNellis D, Paul R, and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Network of Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units. Risk factors for preeclampsia in healthy nulliparous women: A prospective multicenter study. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 172:642-648, 1995.

  • Sibai BM, Caritis SN, Thom EA, Shaw K, McNellis D, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network. Low-dose aspirin in nulliparous women: Safety of continuous epidural block and correlation between bleeding time and maternal-neonatal bleeding complications. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 172:1553-1557, 1995.

  • Guinn D, Goldenberg RL, Hauth J, Andrews W, Thom EA, Romero R, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network. Risk factors for the development of preterm premature rupture of the membranes after arrest of preterm labor. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 173:1310-1315, 1995.

  • Goldenberg RL, Mercer BM, Meis PJ, Copper R, Das AF, McNellis D, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Network of Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network. The preterm prediction study: Fetalfibronectintesting and spontaneous preterm birth. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 87:643-648, 1996.

  • Iams JD, Goldenberg RL, Meis PJ, Mercer BM, Moawad AH, Das AF, Thom EA, McNellis D, Copper R, Johnson F, Roberts J, MiodovnikM, Van Dorsten JP, Caritis SN, ThurnauG, Bottoms S, and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Network of Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network. The length of the cervix and the risk of spontaneous premature delivery. New England Journal of Medicine, 334:567-572, 1996.

  • Meis PJ, Goldenberg RL, Iams JD, Mercer BM, Moawad AH, McNellis D, Roberts J, Das AF, Thom EA, Johnson F, Andrews W, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 173:1231-1235, 1995.

  • Goldenberg RL, Thom EA, Moawad AH, Johnson F, Roberts J, Caritis SN, for the NICHD Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network. The preterm prediction study: Fetal fibronectin, bacterial vaginosis and peripartum infection. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 87:656-660, 1996.

  • Bottoms S, Paul R, Iams JD, Mercer BM, McNellis D, MacPherson C, Norman G, Jones P, Thom EA, Roberts J, Caritis SN, Moawad AH, VanDorsten J, Hauth J, Thurnau G, Miodovnik M. Meis PJ, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network. Obstetrical determinants of neonatal survival: Influence of willingness to perform cesarean delivery on survival of extremely low birth weight infants. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 176:960-966, 1997.

  • Mercer BM, Goldenberg RL, Das AF, Moawad AH, Iams JD, Meis PJ, Copper RL, Johnson F, Thom EA, McNellis D, Menard MK, Miodovnik M, Caritis SN, Thurnau GR, Bottoms SF, Roberts R, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network. The preterm prediction study: A clinical risk assessment system. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 174:1885-1895, 1996.

  • Gardner M, Rouse D, Goldenberg RL, Lanning J, Thom EA, Zachary J, and the NICHD Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network. Cost comparison of induction of labor versus expectant management in pregnancies lasting longer than 41 weeks. American Journal of Managed Care, 2:814-818, 1996.

  • Goldenberg RL, Iams JD, Miodovnik M, VanDorsten J, Thurnau G, Bottoms S, Mercer BM, Meis PJ, Moawad AH, Das AF, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. The preterm prediction study: Risk factors in twin gestations. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 175:1047-1053, 1996.

  • Bendon RW, Faye-Peterson O, Pavlova Z, Qureshi F, Elder N, Das AF, Hauth J, McNellis D, Mercer BM, Miodovnik M, and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. Histologic features of chorioamnion membrane rupture: Development of methodology. Pediatric Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 17:27-42, 1997.

  • Copper RL, Goldenberg RL, Das AF, Elder N, Swain M, Norman G, Ramsey R, Cotroneo P, Collins BA, Johnson F, Jones P, Meier A, for the National Institute of Child Health Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. The preterm prediction study: Maternal stress is associated with spontaneous preterm birth at less than thirty-five weeks' gestation. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 175:1286-1292, 1996.

  • Mercer BM, Miodovnik M, Thurnau G, Goldenberg RL, Das AF, Ramsey R, Rabello Y, Meis PJ, Moawad AH, Iams JD, Van Dorsten JP, Paul R, Bottoms S, Merenstein G, Thom EA, Roberts J, McNellis D, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. Antibiotic therapy for reduction of infant morbidity after preterm premature rupture of the membranes. The Journal of the American Medical Association, 278:989-995, 1997.

  • Goldenberg RL, Iams JD, Mercer BM, Meis PJ, Moawad AH, Copper R, Das AF, Thom EA, Johnson F, McNellis D, Miodovnik M, VanDorsten JP, Caritis SN, Thurnau G, Bottoms S, and the NICHD Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network. The preterm prediction study: The value of new vs. standard risk factors in predicting early and all spontaneous preterm births. American Journal of Public Health, 88:233-238, 1998.

  • Meis PJ, Goldenberg RL, Mercer BM, Iams JD, Moawad AH, Miodovnik M, Menard MK, Caritis SN, Thurnau G, Bottoms S, Das AF, McNellis D, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network. The preterm prediction study: Risk factors for indicated preterm births. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 178:562-567, 1998.

  • Brost B, Goldenberg RL, Mercer BM, Iams JD, Meis PJ, Moawad AH, Newman RB, Miodovnik M, Caritis SN, Thurnau G, Bottoms S, Das AF, McNellis D, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network. The preterm prediction study: Association of cesarean delivery with increases in maternal weight and body mass index. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 177:333-337, 1997.

  • Goldenberg RL, Mercer BM, Iams JD, Moawad AH, Meis PJ, Das AF, McNellis D, Miodovnik M, Menard MK, Caritis SN, Thurnau G, Bottoms S, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network. The preterm prediction study: Patterns of cervicovaginal fetal fibronectin as predictors of spontaneous preterm delivery. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 177:8-12, 1997.

  • Iams JD, Goldenberg RL, Mercer BM, Moawad AH, Thom EA, Meis PJ, McNellis D, Caritis SN, Miodovnik M, Menard MK, Thurnau G, Bottoms S, Roberts JM, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. The preterm prediction study: Recurrence risk of spontaneous preterm birth. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 178:1035-1040, 1998.

  • Kimberlin DF, Hauth JC, Goldenberg RL, Bottoms SF, Iams JD, Mercer BM, MacPherson C, Thurnau G, and the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and the NICHD Network of Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units. The effect of maternal magnesium sulfate treatment on neonatal morbidity in ≤1, 000 gram infants. American Journal of Perinatology, 15:635-641, 1998.

  • Kimberlin DF, Hauth JC, Owen J, Bottoms S, Iams JD, Mercer BM, Thom EA, Moawad AH, VanDorsten JP, Thurnau GR, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network. Indicated versus spontaneous preterm delivery: An evaluation of neonatal morbidity among infants weighing ≤1000 grams at birth. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 180:683-689, 1999.

  • Goepfert AR, Goldenberg RL, Hauth JC, Owen J, Bottoms SF, Iams JD, Mercer BM, MacPherson C, Moawad AH, VanDorsten JP, Thurnau GR, and the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and the and the NICHD Network of Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units. Obstetrical determinants of neonatal neurological morbidity in 1, 000 gram infants. American Journal of Perinatology, 16:33-43, 1999.

  • Goldenberg RL, Mercer BM, Miodovnik M, Thurnau G, Meis PJ, Moawad AH, Paul R, Bottoms S, Das AF, Roberts J, McNellis D, and Tamura T, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network. Plasma ferritin, premature rupture of membranes, and pregnancy outcome. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 179:1599-1604, 1998.

  • Caritis SN, Sibai BM, Hauth J, Lindheimer MD, Klebanoff MA, Thom EA, VanDorsten P, Landon M, Paul R, Miodovnik M, Meis PJ, Thurnau G, and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Network of Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units. Low dose aspirin to prevent preeclampsia in women at high risk. New England Journal of Medicine, 338:701-705, 1998.

  • Goldenberg RL, Andrews WW, Guerrant RL, Newman M, Mercer BM, Iams JD, Meis PJ, Moawad AH, Das AF, Van Dorsten JP, Caritis SN, Thurnau G, Bottoms S, Miodovnik M, McNellis D, Roberts JM, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. The preterm prediction study: Cervical lactoferrin concentration, other markers of lower genital tract infection and preterm birth. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 182:631-635, 2000.

  • Hauth J, Sibai BM, Caritis SN, VanDorsten P, Lindheimer MD, Klebanoff MA, MacPherson C, Landon M, Paul R, Miodovnik M, Meis PJ, Dombrowski MP, Thurnau G, Walsh S, McNellis D, Roberts JM, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network. Maternal serum thromboxane B2 concentrations do not predict improved outcomes in high-risk pregnancies in a low-dose aspirin trial. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 179:1193-1199, 1998.

  • Caritis SN, Sibai BM, Hauth J, Lindheimer MD, Klebanoff MA, Thom EA, VanDorsten P, Landon M, Paul R, Miodovnik M, Meis PJ, Thurnau G, Dombrowski MP, McNellis D, Roberts J, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network. Predictors of pre-eclampsia in women at high risk. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 179:946-951, 1998.

  • Sibai BM, Lindheimer MD, Hauth J, Caritis SN, Klebanoff MA, MacPherson C, VanDorsten P, Landon M, Paul R, Miodovnik M, Meis PJ, Dombrowski MP, for The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Network of Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units. Risk factors for preeclampsia, abruptio placentae, and adverse neonatal outcomes among women with chronic hypertension.
  • New EnglandJournal of Medicine, 339:667-671, 1998.

  • Bendon RW, Faye-Peterson O, Pavlova Z, Quereshi F, Mercer BM, Miodovnik M, Das AF, Meis PJ, Moawad AH, Iams JD, McNellis D, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network. Fetal membrane histology in preterm premature rupture of membranes: Comparison to controls, and between antibiotic and placebo treatment. Pediatric and Developmental Pathology, 2:552-558, 1999.

  • Bottoms SF, Paul RH, Mercer BM, MacPherson CA, Roberts JM, Caritis SN, Moawad AH, VanDorsten JP, Hauth JC, Thurnau GR, Miodovnik M, Meis PJ, Roberts JM, McNellis D, Iams JD, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network. Obstetrical determinants of neonatal survival: Antenatal predictors of neonatal survival and morbidity in extremely low birth weight infants. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 180:665-669, 1999.

  • Chapman SJ, Hauth JC, Bottoms SF, Iams JD, Sibai BM, Thom EA, Moawad AH, Thurnau GR for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network. Benefits of maternal corticosteroid therapy in infants weighing ε䦛£1000 grams at birth after preterm rupture of the amnion. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 180:677-682, 1999.

  • Andrews WW, Tsao J, Goldenberg RL, Hauth JC, Mercer BM, Iams JD, Meis PJ, Moawad AH, Das AF, Van Dorsten PJ, Caritis SN, Thurnau G, Miodovnik M, Roberts J, McNellis D, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network. The preterm prediction study: Failure of midtrimester cervical sialidase level elevation to predict subsequent spontaneous preterm birth. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 180:1151-1154, 1999.

  • Dombrowski MP, Thom EA, McNellis D, and From Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University/Hutzel Hospital, Detroit, Mich; George Washington University, Rockville, Md; Pregnancy and Perinatology; National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Md. Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units (MFMU) studies of inhaled corticosteroids during pregnancy. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 103:S356-S359, 1999.

  • Meis PJ, Goldenberg RL, Mercer BM, Iams JD, Moawad AH, Miodovnik M, Menard MK, Caritis SN, Thurnau GR, Dombrowski MP, Das AF, Roberts JM, McNellis D and the NICHD Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. The preterm prediction study: Is socioeconomic status a risk factor for bacterial vaginosis in black or in white women? American Journal of Perinatology, 17:41-45, 2000.

  • Goldenberg RL, Iams JD, Das AF, Mercer BM, Meis PJ, Moawad AH, Miodovnik M, Van Dorsten JP, Caritis SN, Thurnau G, Dombrowski MP, Roberts JM, McNellis D, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. The preterm prediction study: Sequential cervical length and fetal fibronectin testing for the prediction of spontaneous preterm birth. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 182:636-643, 2000.

  • Mercer BM, Goldenberg RL, Moawad AH, Meis PJ, Iams JD, Das AF, Caritis SN, Miodovnik M, Menard MK, Thurnau GR, Dombrowski MP, Roberts JM, McNellis D, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network. The preterm prediction study: Effect of gestational age and cause of preterm birth on subsequent obstetric outcome. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 181:1216-1221, 1999.

  • Goldenberg RL, Andrews WW, Mercer BM, Moawad AH, Meis PJ, Iams JD, Das AF, Caritis SN, Roberts JM, Miodovnik M, Menard MK, Thurnau G, Dombrowski MP, McNellis D, for the National Institute of Child Health Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. The preterm prediction study: Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor and spontaneous preterm birth. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 182:625-630, 2000.

  • Goldenberg RL, Das AF, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. Fetal fibronectin and bacterial vaginosis in smokers and non-smokers. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 182:164-166, 2000.

  • Sibai BM, Caritis SN, Hauth J, Lindheimer MD, VanDorsten, MacPherson C, Klebanoff MA, Landon M, Miodovnik M, Paul R, Meis PJ, Dombrowski MP, Thurnau G, Roberts J, McNellis D, for the National Institute of Child Health Human Development Network of Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units. Risks of preeclampsia and adverse neonatal outcomes among women with pregestational diabetes mellitus. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 182:364-370, 2000.

  • Hogg B, Hauth J, Caritis SN, Sibai, BM, Lindheimer MD, VanDorsten P, Klebanoff MA, MacPherson C, Landon M, Paul R, Miodovnik M, Meis PJ, Thurnau G, Dombrowski MP, McNellis D, Roberts JM , for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. Safety of labor epidural anesthesia in women with severe hypertensive disease. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 181:1096-1101, 1999.

  • Goldsmith LT, Weiss G for the NICHD MFMU Investigators. The preterm prediction study: Maternal serum relaxin, sonographic cervical length and spontaneous preterm birth in twins. Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation, 8:39-42, 2001.

  • Alexander JM, Mercer BM, Miodovnik M, Thurnau GR, Goldenberg RL, Das AF, Meis PJ, Moawad AH, Iams JD, VanDorsten P, Paul RH, Dombrowski MP, Roberts JM, McNellis D, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network. The impact of digital cervical examination on expectantly managed preterm rupture of membranes. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 183:1003-1007, 2000.

  • Carey JC, Klebanoff MA, Hauth JC, Hillier SL, Thom EA, Ernest JM, Heine RP, Nugent RP, Fischer ML, Leveno KJ, Wapner RJ, Varner M, Trout W, Moawad AH, Sibai BM, Miodovnik M, Dombrowski MP, O'Sullivan MJ, VanDorsten JP, Langer O, Roberts J for the NICHD Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. Metronidazole to prevent preterm delivery in pregnant women with asymptomatic bacterial vaginosis. New England Journal of Medicine, 342:534-540, 2000.

  • Mercer BM, Goldenberg, RL, Meis PJ, Moawad AH, Shellhaas C, Das AF, Menard K, Caritis SN, Thurnau G, Dombrowski MP, Miodovnik M, Roberts JM, McNellis D, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. The preterm prediction study: Prediction of preterm premature rupture of the membranes through clinical findings and ancillary testing. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 183:738-745, 2000.

  • Newman RB, Goldenberg RL, Moawad AH, Iams JD, Meis PJ, Das AF, Miodovnik M, Caritis SN, Thurnau GR, Dombrowski MP, Roberts J, for the National Institute of Child Health Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. Occupational fatigue and preterm premature rupture of membranes. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 184:438-446, 2001.

  • Andrews WW, Goldenberg RL, Mercer BM, Iams JD, Meis PJ, Moawad AH, Das AF, Van Dorsten P, Caritis SN, Thurnau G, Miodovnik M, Roberts JM, McNellis D, for the National Institute of Child Health Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. The preterm prediction study: Association of second-trimester genitourinary chlamydia infection with subsequent spontaneous preterm birth. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 183:662-668, 2000.

  • Goepfert AR, Goldenberg RL, Mercer BM, Iams JD, Meis PJ, Moawad M, Thom EA, Van Dorsten JP, Caritis SN, Thurnau G, Miodovnik M, Dombrowski MP, Roberts JM, McNellis D, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network. The preterm prediction study: Quantitative fetal fibronectin values and the prediction of spontaneous preterm birth. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 183:1480-1483, 2000.

  • Goepfert AR, Mercer BM, Iams JD, Meis PJ, Moawad M, Thom EA, Van Dorsten JP, Caritis SN, Thurnau G, Miodovnik M, Dombrowski MP, Roberts JM, McNellis D, for the National Institute of Child Health Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. The preterm prediction study: Association between cervical interleukin 6 concentration and spontaneous preterm birth. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 184:483-488, 2001.

  • Goldenberg RL, Klebanoff MA, Carey JC, MacPherson C, Leveno KJ, Moawad AH, Sibai BM, Heine RP, Ernest J, Dombrowski MP, Miodovnik M, Wapner RJ, Iams JD, Langer O, O'Sullivan MJ, Roberts JM, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network. Vaginal fetal fibronectin measurements from 8 to 22 weeks' gestation and subsequent spontaneous preterm birth. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 183:469-475, 2000.

  • Iams JD, Goldenberg RL, Mercer BM, Moawad AH, Meis PJ, Das AF, Caritis SN, Miodovnik M, Menard MK, Thurnau G, Dombrowski MP, Roberts JM, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal- Fetal Medicine Units Network. The preterm prediction study: Can low risk women destined for spontaneous preterm birth be identified? American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 184:652-655, 2001.

  • Branch DW, Porter TF, Rittenhouse L, Caritis SN, Sibai BM, Hauth J, Lindheimer MD, Klebanoff MA, MacPherson C, VanDorsten P, Landon M, Paul R, Miodovnik M, Meis PJ, Thurnau G, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network. Antiphospholipid antibodies in women at risk for preeclampsia. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 184:825-834, 2001.

  • Sibai BM, Hauth J, Caritis SN, Lindheimer MD, MacPherson C, Klebanoff MA, VanDorsten JP, Landon M, Miodovnik M, Paul R, Meis PJ, Thurnau G, Dombrowski MP, Roberts J, McNellis D, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network. Hypertensive disorders in twin versus singleton gestations. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 182:938-942, 2000.

  • Goldenberg RL, Iams JD, Mercer BM, Meis PJ, Moawad AH, Das AF, Miodovnik M, VanDorsten JP, Caritis SN, Thurnau G, Dombrowski MP, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network. The preterm prediction study: Toward a multiple-marker test for spontaneous preterm birth. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 185:643-651, 2001.

  • Iams JD, Newman RB, Thom EA, Goldenberg RL, Mueller-Heubach E, Moawad AH, Sibai BMH, Caritis SN, Miodovnik M, Paul RH, Dombrowski MP, McNellis D for the NICHD Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. Frequency of uterine contractions and the risk of spontaneous preterm delivery. New England Journal of Medicine, 346:250-255, 2002.

  • Goldenberg RL, Klebanoff MA, Carey JC, MacPherson C, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network. Metronidazole treatment of women with a positive fetal fibronectin test result. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 185:485-486, 2001.

  • Sibai BM, Caritis SN, Hauth J, MacPherson C, VanDorsten J, Klebanoff MA, Landon M, Paul R, Meis PJ, Miodovnik M, Dombrowski MP, Thurnau G, Moawad AH, Roberts J, for the National Institute of Child Health Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. Preterm delivery in women with pregestational diabetes mellitus or chronic hypertension relative to women with uncomplicated pregnancies. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 183:1520-1524, 2000.

  • Ramsey PS, Tamura T, Goldenberg RL, Mercer BM, Iams JD, Meis PJ, Moawad AH, Das AF, Van Dorsten JP, Caritis SN, Thurnau G, Miodovnik M, for the National Institute of Child Health Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. The preterm prediction study: Elevated cervical ferritin levels at 22 to 24 weeks of gestation are associated with spontaneous preterm delivery in asymptomatic women. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 186:458-463, 2002.

  • Owen J, Yost NP, Berghalla V, Thom EA, Swain M, Dildy G, Miodovnik M, Langer O, Sibai BM, McNellis D for the NICHD Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. Mid-trimester endovaginal sonography in women at high risk for spontaneous preterm birth. The Journal of the American Medical Association, 286:1340-1348, 2001.

  • Moawad AH, Goldenberg RL, Mercer BM, Meis PJ, Iams, JD, Das AF, Caritis SN, Miodovnik M, Menard MK, Thurnau GR, Dombrowski MP, Roberts JM, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network. The preterm prediction study: The value of serum alkaline phosphatase, α-fetoprotein, plasma corticotropin-releasing hormone, and other serum markers for the prediction of spontaneous preterm birth. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 186:990-996, 2002.

  • Klebanoff MA, Carey JC, Hauth JC, Hillier SL, Nugent RP, Thom EA, Ernest JM, Heine RP, Wapner RJ, Trout W, Moawad AH, Leveno KJ, Miodovnik M, Sibai BM, VanDorsten JP, Dombrowski MP, O'Sullivan MJ, Varner M, Langer O, McNellis D, Roberts J for the NICHD Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. Failure of metronidazole to prevent preterm delivery among asymptomatic pregnant women with trichomonas vaginalis infection. New EnglandJournal of Medicine, 345:487-493, 2001.

  • Wang EY, Woodruff TK, Moawad AH, for the National Institute of Child Health Human Development Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network. Follistatin-free activin A is not associated with preterm birth. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 186:464-469, 2002.

  • Harger JH, Ernest JM, Thurnau GR, Moawad AH, Momirova V, McNellis D, Landon MB, Paul R, Miodovnik M, Dombrowski MP, Sibai BM, VanDorsten P for the NICHD Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. Risk factors and outcome of varicella-zoster virus pneumonia in pregnant women. The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 185:422-427, 2002.

  • Buchbinder A, Sibai BM, Caritis SN, MacPherson C, Hauth J, Lindheimer MD, Klebanoff MA, VanDorsten P, Landon M, Paul R, Miodovnik M, Meis PJ, Thurnau G, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network. Adverse perinatal outcomes are significantly higher in severe gestational hypertension than in mild preeclampsia. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 186:66-71, 2002.

  • Harger J, Ernest J, Thurnau G, Moawad AH, Thom EA, Landon M, Paul R, Miodovnik M, Dombroski M, Sibai BM, Van Dorsten P, McNellis D for the NICHD Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. Frequency of congenital varicella syndrome in a prospective cohort of 347 pregnant women. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 100:260-265, 2002.

  • Hnat MD, Sibai BM, Caritis SN, Hauth J, Lindheimer MD, MacPherson C, VanDorsten JP, Landon M, Miodovnik M, Paul R, Meis PJ, Thurnau G, Dombrowski MP, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Network of Maternal- Fetal Medicine Units. Perinatal outcome in women with recurrent preeclampsia compared with women who develop preeclampsia as nulliparas. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 186:422-426, 2002.

  • Schatz M, Dombrowski MP, Wise R, Thom EA, Landon M, Mabie W, Newman RB, Hauth J, Lindheimer MD, Caritis SN, Leveno KJ, Meis PJ, Miodovnik M, Wapner RJ, Paul R, Varner M, O'Sullivan MJ, Thurnau G, Conway D, McNellis D for the NICHD Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. Asthma morbidity during pregnancy can be predicted by severity classification. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology , 112:283-288, 2003.

  • Berghella V, Klebanoff MA, McPherson C, Carey C, Hauth JC, Ernest JM, Heine RP, Wapner RJ, Trout W, Moawad AH, Miodovnik M, Leveno KJ, Sibai BM, Van Dorsten JP, Dombrowski MP, O'Sullivan MJ, Varner M, Langer O, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network. Sexual intercourse association with asymptomatic bacterial vaginosis and Trichomonas vaginalis treatment in relationship to preterm birth. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 187:1277-1276, 2002.

  • Landon MB, Thom EA, Spong CY, Gabbe SG, Leindecker S, Johnson F, Lain K, Miodovnik M, Carpenter M. A planned randomized clinical trial of treatment for mild gestational diabetes mellitus. The Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine , 11:1-6, 2002.

  • Hauth J, Carey JC, Klebanoff MA, Hillier S, MacPherson C, Ernest JM, Fischer ML, Heine P, Nugent R, Wapner RJ, Trout W, Moawad AH, Leveno KJ, Miodovnik M, Sibai BM, Van Dorsten JP, Dombrowski MP, O'Sullivan MJ, Varner M, Langer O, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network. Early pregnancy threshold vaginal pH and gram stain scores predictive of subsequent preterm birth in asymptomatic women. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 188:831-835, 2003.

  • Andrews WW, Sibai BM, Thom EA, Dudley D, Ernest JM, McNellis D, Leveno KJ, Wapner RJ, Moawad AH, O'Sullivan MJ, Caritis SN, Iams JD, Langer O, Miodovnik M, Dombrowski M and the NICHD Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. Randomized clinical trial of metronidazole plus erythromycin to prevent spontaneous preterm delivery in fetal fibronectin-positive women. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 101:847-855, 2003.

  • Goldenberg RL, Iams JD, Mercer BM, Meis, P, Moawad AH, Das AF, Copper R, Johnson F for the NICHD Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. What we have learned about the predictors of preterm birth. Seminars in Perinatology, 27:185-193, 2003.

  • Owen J and Iams JD for the NICHD Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. What we have learned about cervical ultrasound. Seminars in Perinatology, 27:194-203, 2003.

  • Iams JD for the NICHD Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. What have we learned about uterine contractions and preterm birth? The HUAM prediction study. Seminars in Perinatology, 27:204-211, 2003.

  • Carey JC and Klebanoff MA for the NICHD Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. What have we learned about vaginal infections and preterm birth? Seminars in Perinatology, 27:212-216, 2003.

  • Mercer BM, Goldenberg RL, Das AF, Thurnau GR, Bendon RW, Miodovnik M, Ramsey RD, Rabello YA for the NICHD Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. What we have learned regarding antibiotic therapy for the reduction of infant morbidity after preterm premature rupture of the membranes. Seminars in Perinatology, 27:217-230, 2003.

  • Andrews WW and Goldenberg RL for the NICHD Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. What we have learned from an antibiotic trial in fetal fibronectin positive women. Seminars in Perinatology, 27:231-238, 2003.

  • Sibai BM, Caritis SN, Hauth J for the NICHD Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. What we have learned about preeclampsia. Seminars in Perinatology, 27:239-246, 2003.

  • Iams, JD and Mercer BM for the NICHD Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. What we have learned about antenatal prediction of neonatal morbidity and mortality. Seminars in Perinatology, 27:247-252, 2003.

  • Thom EA, Rouse D for the NICHD Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. What we have learned about conducting randomized controlled trials in the NICHD MFMU Network. Seminars in Perinatology, 27:253-260, 2003.

  • Meis PJ, Klebanoff MA, Thom EA, Dombrowski MP, Sibai BM, Moawad AH, Spong CY, Hauth J, Miodovnik M, Varner M, Leveno KJ, Caritis SN, Iams JD, Wapner RJ, Conway D, O'Sullivan MJ, Carpenter MW, Mercer BM, Ramin SM, Thorp JM, Peaceman A for the NICHD Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. Prevention of recurrent preterm delivery by 17 alpha-hydroxyprogesterone caproate. New England Journal of Medicine, 348:2379-2385, 2003.

  • Newman RB, Johnson F, Das AF, Goldenberg RL, Swain M, Moawad AH, Sibai BM, Caritis SN, Miodovnik M, Paul RH, Dombrowski MP, Collins-Sharp BA, Fischer M for the NICHD MFMU Network. Uterine contraction frequency before and after successful tocolytic therapy for preterm uterine contractions. The Journal of Reproductive Medicine, 48:843-849, 2003.

  • Dombrowski MP, Schatz M, Wise R, Momirova V, Landon M, Mabie W, Newman RB, McNellis D, Hauth J, Lindheimer MD, Caritis SN, Leveno KJ, Meis PJ, Miodovnik M, Wapner RJ, Paul R, Varner M, O'Sullivan MJ, Thurnau G, Conway D, for National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Asthma During Pregnancy. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 103:5-12, 2004.

  • Dombrowski MP, Schatz M, Wise R, Thom EA, Landon M, Mabie W, Newman RB, McNellis D, Hauth J, Lindheimer MD, Caritis SN, Leveno KJ, Meis PJ, Miodovnik M, Wapner RJ, Varner M, O'Sullivan MJ, Conway D, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal- Fetal Medicine Units Network, and The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Randomized trial of inhaled beclomethasone dipropionate versus theophylline for moderate asthma during pregnancy. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 190:737-744, 2004.

  • Klebanoff MA, Hauth JC, MacPherson C, Carey JC, Heine P, Wapner RJ, Iams JD, Moawad AH, Miodovnik M, Sibai BM, VanDorsten JP, Dombrowski MP, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network. Time course of regression of asymptomatic bacterial vaginosis in pregnancy with and without treatment. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 190:363-370, 2004.

  • Yost NP, Owen J, Berghella V, MacPherson C, Swain M, Dildy GA, Miodovnik M, Langer O, Sibai BM for the NICHD Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. Second-trimester cervical sonography: Features other than cervical length for the prediction of spontaneous preterm birth. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 103:457-462, 2004.

  • Yost NP, Owen J, Berghella V, MacPherson C, Swain M, Dildy GA, Miodovnik M, Langer O, Sibai BM, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network. Number and gestational age of prior preterm births does not modify the predictive value of a short cervix. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 191:241-246, 2004.

  • Owen J, Yost NP, Berghella V, MacPherson, C, Swain M, Dildy GA, Miodovnik M, Langer O, Sibai BM, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network. Can shortened mid-trimester cervical length predict very early spontaneous preterm birth? American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 191:298-303, 2004.

  • Berghella V, Iams JD, Newman RB, MacPherson C, Goldenberg RL, Mueller-Heubach E, Caritis SN, Dombrowski MP, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network. Frequency of uterine contractions in asymptomatic pregnant women with or without a short cervix on transvaginal ultrasound. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 191:1253-1256, 2004.

  • Knudtson EJ, Smith K, Mercer BM, Miodovnik M, Thurnau GR, Goldenberg RL, Meis PJ, Moawad AH, VanDorsten JP, Paul RH, Sorokin Y, Roberts JM, Das AF, for the National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. Serum homocysteine levels after preterm premature rupture of the membranes. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 191:537-541, 2004.

  • Schatz M, Dombrowski MP, Wise R, Momirova V, Landon M, Mabie W, Newman RB, Hauth JC, Lindheimer MD, Caritis SN, Leveno KJ, Meis PJ, Miodovnik M, Wapner RJ, Paul RH, Varner MW, O'Sullivan MJ, Thurnau GR, Conway DL for the NICHD Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. The relationship of asthma medication use to perinatal outcomes. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 113:1040-1045, 2004.

  • Rouse DJ, Landon M, Leveno KJ, Leindecker S, Varner MW, Caritis SN, O'Sullivan MJ, Wapner RJ, Meis PJ, Miodovnik M, Sorokin Y, Moawad AH, Mabie W, Conway D, Gabbe S, Spong CY, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network. The Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Cesarean Registry: Chorioamnionitis at term and its duration - relationship to outcomes. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 191:211-216, 2004.

  • Dizon-Townson D, Miller C, Sibai BM, Spong CY, Thom EA, Wendel G, Wenstrom K, Samuels P, Cotroneo M, Moawad AH, Sorokin Y, Meis PJ, Miodovnik M, O'Sullivan MJ, Conway D, Wapner RJ, Gabbe SG, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. The relationship of the Factor V Leiden mutation and pregnancy outcomes for mother and fetus. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 106:517-524, 2005.

  • Landon MB, Hauth JC, Leno KJ, Spong CY, Leindecker MS, Varner MW, Moawad AH, Caritis SN, Harper M, Wapner RJ, Sorokin Y, Miodovnik M, Carpenter MW, Peaceman AM, O'Sullivan MJ, Sibai BM, Conway D, Thorp JM, Ramin SM, Mercer BM, Gabbe SG for the NICHD Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. The MFMU Cesarean Registry: Maternal and perinatal outcome in women undergoing trial of labor after cesarean delivery. New England Journal of Medicine, 351:2581-2589, 2004.

  • Schatz M, Dombrowski MP, Wise R, Momirova V, Landon M, Mabie W, Newman RB, Hauth JC, Lindheimer MD, Caritis SN, Leveno KJ, Meis PJ, Miodovnik M, Wapner RJ, Paul RH, Varner MW, O'Sullivan MJ, Thurnau GR, Conway DL, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network. Spirometry is related to perinatal outcomes in pregnant women with asthma. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 194:120-126, 2006.  

  • Klebanoff MA, Hillier SL, Nugent RP, MacPherson CA, Hauth JC, Carey JC, Ernest JM, Wapner RJ, Trout W, Moawad AH, Leveno KJ, Miodovnik M, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network. Is bacterial vaginosis a stronger risk factor for preterm birth when it is diagnosed earlier in gestation? American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 192:470-477, 2005.

  • How H, Sibai BM, Lindheimer MD, Caritis SN, Hauth J, Klebanoff MA, MacPherson C, Van Dorsten P, Miodovnik M, Landon M, Paul R, Meis PJ, Thurnau G, Dombrowski MP, Roberts J, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network. Is early-pregnancy proteinuria associated with an increased rate of preeclampsia in women with pregestational diabetes mellitus? American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 190:775-778, 2004.

  • Varner MW, Noble WD, Dombrowski MP, Sibai BM, Rouse DJ, Paul R, Caritis SN, Miodovnik M, Moawad AH, Iams, JD, Witter F, Romero R, Leveno KJ, Meis PJ, Wapner RJ, Rosen M, Thurnau G, Van Dorsten P, O'Sullivan MJ, Conway D for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. Is there a seasonal variation in the diagnosis of oligohydramnios? The Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, 17:173-177, 2005.

  • Hnat MD, Mercer BM, Miodovnik M, Thurnau G, Goldenberg RL, Thom EA, Meis PJ, Moawad AH, Iams JD, Van Dorsten JP, Paul RH, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Network of Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units. Perinatal outcomes in women with preterm rupture of membranes between 24-32 weeks and a history of vaginal bleeding. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 193:164-168, 2005.

  • Wapner RJ, Sorokin Y, Thom EA, Johnson F, Dudley D, Spong CY, Peaceman AM, Leveno KJ, Harper M, Caritis SN, Miodovnik M, Mercer BM, Thorp JM, Moawad AH, O'Sullivan MJ, Ramin SM, Carpenter MW, Rouse DJ, Sibai BM, Gabbe SG, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network. Single vs. weekly courses of antenatal corticosteroids: Evaluation of safety and efficacy. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 195:633-642, 2006.

  • Bloom SL, Spong CY, Weiner SJ, Landon MB, Rouse DJ, Varner MW, Moawad AH, Caritis SN, Harper M, Wapner RJ, Sorokin Y, Miodovnik M, O'Sullivan MJ, Sibai BM, Langer O, Gabbe SG , for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. Complications of Anesthesia for Cesarean Delivery. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 106:281-287, 2005.

  • Hendler I, Goldenberg RL, Mercer BM, Iams JD, Meis PJ, Moawad AH, MacPherson CA,   Caritis SN, Miodovnik M, Menard MK, Thurnau GR, Sorokin Y, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network. The preterm prediction study: Association between maternal body mass index (BMI) and spontaneous and indicated preterm birth. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 192:882-886, 2005.

  • Varner MW, Leindecker S, Hibbard JU, Hauth JC, Landon M, Leveno KJ, Sorokin Y, Harper M, Caritis SN, Wapner RJ, Modovnik M, Sibai BM, Carpenter MW, Conway D, Mercer BM, Thorp JM, Peaceman AM, O'Sullivan MJ, Ramin SM, Malone F, Gabbe S, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. The MFMU Cesarean Registry: Trial of labor with a twin gestation. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 193:135-140, 2005.

  • Sheffield JS, Andrews WW, Klebanoff MA, MacPherson C, Carey J, Ernest JM, Wapner RJ, Trout W, Moawad AH, Miodovnik M, Sibai BM, Varner MW, Caritis SN, Dombrowski MP, Langer O, O'Sullivan MJ, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. Spontaneous resolution of asymptomatic Chlamydia Trachomatis in pregnancy. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 105:557-562, 2005.

  • Goepfert AR, Varner M, Ward K, MacPherson C, Klebanoff MA, Mercer BM, Meis PJ, Iams JD, Moawad AH, Carey JC, Leveno KJ, Wapner RJ, Caritis SN, Miodovnik M, Sorokin Y, O'Sullivan MJ, Van Dorsten JP, Langer O, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network. Differences in inflammatory cytokine and toll-like receptor genes and bacterial vaginosis in pregnancy. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 193:1478-1485, 2005.

  • Meis PJ, Klebanoff MA, Dombrowski MP, Sibai BM, Leindecker S, Moawad AH, Northen A, Iams JD, Varner MW, Caritis SN, O'Sullivan MJ, Miodovnik M, Leveno KJ, Conway D, Wapner RJ, Carpenter MW, Mercer BM, Ramin SM, Thorp JM, Peaceman AM, Gabbe S, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. Does progesterone treatment influence risk factors for recurrent preterm delivery? Obstetrics and Gynecology, 106:557-561, 2005.

  • Rouse DJ, Leindecker S, Landon M, Bloom SL, Varner MW, Moawad AH, Spong CY, Caritis SN, Harper M, Wapner RJ, Sorokin Y, Miodovnik M, O'Sullivan MJ, Sibai BM, Langer O, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network. The MFMU Cesarean Registry: predictability of uterine atony after primary cesarean delivery. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 193:1127-1131, 2005.

  • Spong CY, Meis PJ, Thom EA, Sibai BM, Dombrowski MP, Moawad AH, Hauth JC, Iams JD, Varner MW, Caritis SN, O'Sullivan MJ, Miodovnik M, Leveno KJ, Conway D, Wapner RJ, Carpenter MW, Mercer BM, Ramin SM, Thorp JM, Peaceman AM, Gabbe S, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network. Progesterone for prevention of recurrent preterm birth: Impact of gestational age at previous delivery. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 193:1056-1060, 2005.

  • Sibai BM, Meis PJ, Klebanoff MA, Dombrowski MP, Weiner SJ, Moawad AH, Northen A, Iams JD, Varner MW, Caritis SN, O'Sullivan MJ, Miodovnik M, Leveno KJ, Conway D, Wapner RJ, Carpenter MW, Mercer BM, Ramin SM, Thorp JM, Peaceman AM, Gabbe S, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network. Plasma CRH measurement at 16-20 weeks' gestation does not predict preterm delivery in women at high-risk for preterm delivery. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 193:1181-1186, 2005.

  • Landon MB, Leindecker S, Spong CY, Hauth JC, Bloom S, Varner MW, Moawad AH, Caritis SN, Harper M, Wapner RJ, Sorokin Y, Miodovnik M, Carpenter MW, Peaceman AM, O'Sullivan MJ, Sibai BM, Langer O, Thorp JM, Ramin SM, Mercer BM, Gabbe SG, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network. The MFMU Cesarean Registry: Factors affecting the success of trial of labor following prior cesarean delivery. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 193:1016-1023, 2005.

  • Andrews WW, Klebanoff MA, Thom EA, Hauth JC, Carey JC, Meis PJ, Caritis SN, Leveno KJ, Wapner RJ, Varner MW, Iams JD, Moawad AH, Miodovnik M, Sibai BM, Dombrowski MP, Langer O, O'Sullivan MJ, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network. Mid-pregnancy genitourinary tract infection with Chlamydia Trachomatis: Association with subsequent preterm delivery in women with bacterial vaginosis and Trichomonas Vaginalis. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 194:493-500, 2006.

  • Mercer BM, MacPherson C, Goldenberg RL, Goepfert AR, Haugel-de Mouzon S, Varner MW, Iams JD, Meis PJ, Moawad AH, Miodovnik M, Caritis SN, Van Dorsten JP, Sorokin Y, Thurnau GR, Spong CY, for the NICHD Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network, Bethesda, MD. Are women with recurrent spontaneous preterm births different from those without such history? American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 194:1176-85, 2006.

  • Yost NP, Owen J, Berghella V, Thom EA, Swain M, Dildy GA, Miodovnik M, Langer O, Sibai BM for the NICHD Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. The effect of coitus on recurrent preterm birth. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 107:793-97, 2006.

  • Thom EA, Klebanoff MA, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network. Issues in clinical trial design: Stopping a trial early and the large and simple trial. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 193:619-625, 2005.

  • Mercer BM, Rabello YA, Thurnau GR, Miodovnik M, Goldenberg RL, Das AF, Meis PJ, Moawad AH, Iams JD, Van Dorsten JP, Dombrowski MP, Roberts JM, McNellis D, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network. The NICHD-MFMU antibiotic treatment of pPROM study: Impact of initial amniotic fluid volume on pregnancy outcome. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 194:438-445, 2006.

  • Bloom SL, Leveno KJ, Spong CY, Gilbert S, Hauth JC, Landon MB, Varner MW, Moawad AH, Caritis SN, Harper M, Wapner RJ, Sorokin Y, Miodovnik M, O'Sullivan MJ, Sibai BM, Langer O, Gabbe SG, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. Decision-to-incision times and maternal and infant outcomes. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 108:6-11, 2006.

  • Hendler I, Schatz M, Momirova V, Wise R, Landon M, Mabie W, Newman RB, Kiley J, Hauth JC, Moawad AH, Caritis SN, Spong CY, Leveno KJ, Miodovnik M, Meis PJ, Wapner RJ, Paul RH, Varner MW, O'Sullivan MJ, Thurnau GR, Conway DL, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. Association of obesity with pulmonary and non-pulmonary complications of pregnancy in asthmatic women. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 108:77-82, 2006.

  • Hibbard JU, Gilbert S, Landon MB, Hauth JC, Leveno KJ, Spong CY, Varner MW, Caritis SN, Harper M, Wapner RJ, Sorokin Y, Miodovnik M, Carpenter MW, Peaceman AM, O'Sullivan MJ, Sibai BM, Langer O, Thorp JM, Ramin SM, Mercer BM, Gabbe SG for the NICHD Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. Trial of labor or repeat cesarean delivery in women with morbid obesity and previous cesarean delivery. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 108:124-133, 2006.

  • Silver RM, Landon MB, Rouse DJ, Leveno KJ, Spong CY, Thom EA, Moawad AH, Caritis SN, Harper M, Wapner RJ, Sorokin Y, Miodovnik M, Carpenter MW, Peaceman AM, O'Sullivan MJ, Sibai BM, Langer O, Thorp JM, Ramin SM, Mercer BM for the NICHD Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. Maternal morbidity associated with multiple repeat cesarean deliveries. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 107:1226-1232, 2006.

  • Landon MB, Spong CY, Thom EA, Hauth JC, Bloom SL, Varner MW, Moawad AH, Caritis SN, Harper M, Wapner RJ, Sorokin Y, Miodovnik M, Carpenter MW, Peaceman AM, O'Sullivan MJ, Sibai BM, Langer O, Thorp JM, Ramin SM, Mercer BM, Gabbe SG for the NICHD Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. Risk of uterine rupture with a trial of labor in women with multiple and single prior cesarean delivery. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 108:12-20, 2006.

  • Alexander JM, Leveno KJ, Hauth JC, Landon MB, Thom EA, Leindecker S, Spong CY, Varner MW, Moawad AH, Johnson F, McCampbell J, Gabbe SG for the NICHD Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. Fetal injury associated with cesarean delivery. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 108:885-890, 2006.

  • Durnwald CP, Hauth JC, Leveno KJ, Spong CY, MacPherson C, Varner MW, Moawad AH, Caritis SN, Harper M, Wapner RJ, Sorokin Y, Miodovnik M, Carpenter MW, Peaceman AM, O'Sullivan MJ, Sibai BM, Langer O, Thorp JM, Ramin SM, Mercer BM, Gabbe SG, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network. The MFMU Cesarean Registry: Safety and efficacy of a trial of labor in preterm pregnancy after a prior cesarean delivery. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 195:1119-1126, 2006.

  • Peaceman AM, Gersnoviez R, Landon MB, Spong CY, Leveno KJ, Varner MW, Rouse DJ, Moawad AH, Caritis SN, Harper M, Wapner RJ, Sorokin Y, Miodovnik M, Carpenter MW, O'Sullivan MJ, Sibai BM, Langer O, Thorp JM, Ramin SM, Mercer BM , for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. The MFMU Cesarean Registry: Impact of fetal size on trial of labor success for patients with prior cesarean for dystocia. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 195:1127-1131, 2006.

  • Bailit JL, Landon MB, Thom EA, Rouse DJ, Spong CY, Varner MW, Moawad AH, Caritis SN, Harper M, Wapner, RJ, Sorokin Y, Miodovnik M, O'Sullivan MJ, Sibai BM, Langer O, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network. The Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Cesarean Registry: Impact of time of day on cesarean complications. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 195:1132-7, 2006.

  • Rouse DJ, MacPherson C, Landon M, Varner MW, Leveno KJ, Moawad AH, Spong CY, Caritis SN, Meis PJ, Wapner RJ, Sorokin Y, Miodovnik M, Carpenter MW, Peaceman AM, O'Sullivan MJ, Sibai BM, Langer O, Thorp JM, Ramin SM, Mercer BM, for the NICHD Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. Blood transfusion and cesarean delivery. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 108:891-897, 2006.

  • Bloom SL, Spong CY, Thom EA, Varner MW, Rouse DJ, Weininger S, Ramin SM, Caritis SN, Peaceman AM, Sorokin Y, Sciscione A, Carpenter MW, Mercer BM, Thorp JM, Malone F, Harper M, Iams JD, Anderson G; National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. Fetal pulse oximetry and cesarean delivery. New England Journal of Medicine, 355:2195-202 2006.

  • Aagaard-Tillery K, Sibai BM, Spong CY, Momirova V, Wendel G, Wenstrom K, Samuels P, Cotroneo M, Moawad AH, Sorokin Y, Miodovnik M, Meis PJ, O'Sullivan MJ, Conway D, Wapner RJ, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. Sample bias among women with retained DNA samples for future genetic studies. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 108:1115-1120, 2006.

  • Newman RB, Iams JD, Das AF, Goldenberg RL, Meis PJ, Moawad AH, Sibai BM, Caritis SN, Miodovnik M, Paul RH, Dombrowski MP, Fischer M, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Network of Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units. A prospective masked observational study of uterine contraction frequency in twins. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 195:1564-1570, 2006.

  • Grobman WA, Gilbert S, Landon MB, Spong CY, Leveno KJ, Rouse DJ, Varner MW, Moawad AH, Caritis SN, Harper M, Wapner RJ, Sorokin Y, Miodovnik M, Carpenter MW, O'Sullivan MJ, Sibai BM, Langer O, Thorp JM, Ramin SM, Mercer BM. Outcomes of induction of labor after one prior cesarean. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 109:262-9, 2007.

  • Alexander JM, Leveno KJ, Rouse DJ, Landon MB, Gilbert S, Spong CY, Varner MW, Moawad AH, Caritis SN, Harper M, Wapner RJ, Sorokin Y, Miodovnik M, O'Sullivan MJ, Sibai BM, Langer O, Gabbe SG, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network (MFMU). Comparison of maternal and infant outcomes from primary cesarean delivery during the second compared with first stage of labor. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 109:917-921, 2007.

  • Berghella V, Owen J, MacPherson C, Yost NP, Swain M, Dildy GA, Miodovnik M, Langer O, Sibai BM; National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network (MFMU). Natural history of cervical funneling in women at high risk for spontaneous preterm birth. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 109:863-9, 2007.

  • Grobman WA, Lai Y, Landon MB, Spong CY, Leveno KJ, Rouse DJ, Varner MW, Moawad AH, Caritis SN, Harper M, Wapner RJ, Sorokin Y, Miodovnik M, Carpenter MW, O'Sullivan MJ, Sibai BM, Langer O, Thorp JM, Ramin SM, Mercer BM , for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network (MFMU). Development of a nomogram for prediction of vaginal birth after cesarean delivery. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 109:806-12, 2007.

  • Hendler I, Andrews WW, Carey CJ, Klebanoff MA, Noble WD, Sibai BM, Hillier SL, Dudley D, Ernest JM, Leveno KJ, Wapner RJ, Iams JD, Varner M, Moawad AH, Miodovnik M, O'Sullivan MJ, Van Dorsten PJ, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. The relationship between resolution of asymptomatic bacterial vaginosis and spontaneous preterm birth in fetal fibronectin-positive women. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 197(5):488-490, 2007.

  • Rouse DJ, Caritis SN, Peaceman AM, Sciscione A, Thom EA, Spong CY, Varner M, Malone F, Iams JD, Mercer BM, Thorp JM, Sorokin Y, Carpenter MW, Lo J, Ramin SM, Harper M, Anderson G for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. A trial of 17 alpha-hydroxyprogesterone caproate to prevent prematurity in twins. New England Journal of Medicine, 357:454-61, 2007.

  • Sawady J, Mercer BM, Wapner RJ, Zhao Y, Sorokin Y, Johnson F, Dudley DJ, Spong CY, Peaceman AM, Leveno KJ, Harper M, Caritis SN, Miodovnik M, Thorp JM, Ramin SM, Carpenter MW, Rouse DJ, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network. Beneficial effects of antenatal repeated steroids study: impact of repeated doses of antenatal corticosteroids on placental growth and histologic findings. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 197: 281. e1-281. e8. , 2007.

  • Wapner RJ, Sorokin Y, Mele L, Johnson F, Dudley DJ, Spong CY, Peaceman AM, Leveno KJ, Malone F, Caritis SN, Mercer BM, Harper M, Rouse DJ, Thorp JM, Ramin SM, Carpenter MW, Gabbe SG for the National Institute of Child Health and Development Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network. Long term outcomes of a randomized trial of repeat antenatal corticosteroids. New England Journal of Medicine, 357: 1190-1198, 2007.

  • Louis J, Landon MB, Gersnoviez RJ, Leveno KJ, Spong CY, Hauth JC, Moawad AH, Varner MW, Caritis SN, Harper M, Wapner RJ, Miodovnik M, Carpenter MW, Peaceman AM, O'Sullivan MJ, Sibai BM, Langer O, Thorp JM, Ramin SM, Mercer BM, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units (MFMU) Network. The MFMU Cesarean Registry: Perioperative morbidity among HIV infected women undergoing cesarean delivery. Obstetrics and Gynecology. 110:385-390, 2007.

  • Bailit JL, Landon MB, Lai Y, Rouse DJ, Spong CY, Varner MW, Moawad AH, Simhan HN, Harper, Wapner RJ, Sorokin Y, Miodovnik M, O'Sullivan MJ, Sibai BM, Langer O, for National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. MFMU Cesarean Registry: Impact of shift change on cesarean complications. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 198:173. e1-173. e5, 2008.

  • Landon MB, Thom EA, Spong CY, Carpenter MW, Mele L, Johnson F, Tillinghast J, Anderson G for the NICHD Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. The NICHD MFMU-Network randomized clinical trial in progress: Standard therapy versus no therapy for mild gestational diabetes mellitus. Diabetes Care, 30: S194-S199, 2007.

  • Northen AT, Norman GS, Anderson K, Moseley L, DiVito M, Cotroneo M, Swain M, Bousleiman S, Johnson F, Dorman K, Milluzzi C, Tillinghast J, Kerr M, Mallett G, Thom EA, Pagliaro S, Anderson G, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units (MFMU) Network. Follow-up of children exposed in-utero to 17-alpha hydroxyprogesterone caproate versus placebo. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 110: 865-872, 2007.

  • Varner MW, Thom EA, Spong CY, Landon MB, Leveno KJ, Rouse DJ, Moawad AH, Caritis SN, Harper M, Wapner RJ, Sorokin RJ, Miodovnik M, Carpenter MW, Peaceman AM, O'Sullivan MJ, Sibai BM, Langer O, Thorp JM, Ramin SM, Mercer BM , for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network (MFMU). Trial of labor after one previous cesarean delivery for multifetal gestation. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 110:814-819, 2007.

  • Grobman WA, Gersnoviez R, Landon MB, Spong CY, Leveno KJ, Rouse DJ, Varner MW, Moawad AH, Caritis SN, Harper M, Wapner RJ, Sorokin Y, Miodovnik M, Carpenter MW, O'Sullivan MJ, Sibai BM, Langer O, Thorp JM, Ramin SM, Mercer BM for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. Pregnancy outcomes for women with placenta previa in relation to the number of prior cesareans. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 110:1249-1255, 2007.

  • Spong CY, Landon MB, Gilbert S, Rouse DJ, Leveno KJ, Varner MW, Moawad AH, Simhan HN, Harper M, Wapner RJ, Sorokin Y, Miodovnik M, Carpenter MW, Peaceman AM, O'Sullivan MJ, Sibai BM, Langer O, Thorp JM, Ramin SM, Mercer BM for the National Institute of Child Health. Risk of uterine rupture and adverse perinatal outcome at term after cesarean delivery. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 110:801-807, 2007.

  • Mercer BM, Gilbert S, Landon MB, Spong CY, Leveno KJ, Rouse DJ, Varner MW, Moawad AH, Simhan HN, Harper M, Wapner RJ, Sorokin Y, Miodovnik M, Carpenter MW, Peaceman AM, O'Sullivan MJ, Sibai BM, Langer O, Thorp JM, Ramin SM; for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. Labor outcomes with increasing number of prior vaginal births after cesarean delivery. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 111:285-291, 2008.

  • Sciscione A, Landon MB, Leveno KJ, Spong CY, MacPherson, Varner MW, Rouse DJ, Moawad AH, Caritis SN, Harper M, Sorokin Y, Miodovnik M, Marshall, Peaceman AM, O'Sullivan MJ, Sibai BM, Langer O, Thorp JM, Ramin SM, and Mercer BM for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network (MFMU). Previous preterm cesarean delivery and risk of subsequent uterine rupture. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 111:648-653, 2008.

  • Carroll MA, Vidaeff AC, Mele L, Wapner RJ, Mercer BM, Peaceman AM, Sorokin Y, Dudley DJ, Spong CY, Leveno KJ, Harper M, Caritis SN, Miodovnik M, Thorp JM, Moawad AH, O'Sullivan MJ, Carpenter MW, Rouse DJ, Sibai BM, and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network (MFMU). Bone Metabolism in Pregnant Women Exposed to Single Compared With Multiple Courses of Corticosteroids. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 111:1352-1358, 2008.

  • Mastrobattista JM, Klebanoff MA, Carey JC, Hauth JC, Thom EA, Ernest JM, Cotroneo M, Wapner RJ, Varner M, Iams JD, Moawad AH, Sibai BM, Miodovnik M, Dombrowski MP, O'Sullivan MJ, VanDorsten JP, Langer O, for the National Institute of Child Health and Development Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network. The effect of body mass index on therapeutic response to bacterial vaginosis in pregnancy. American Journal of Perinatology, 25: 233-237, 2008.

  • Grobman WA, Lai Y, Landon MB, Spong CY, Leveno KJ, Rouse DJ, Varner MW, Moawad AH, Caritis SN, Harper M, Wapner RJ, Sorokin Y, Miodovnik M, Carpenter MW, O'Sullivan MJ, Sibai BM, Langer O, Thorp JM, Ramin SM, Mercer BM, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network. Prediction of uterine rupture associated with attempted vaginal birth after cesarean delivery. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 199: 30. e1-30. e5, 2008.

  • Rouse DJ, Hirtz DG, Thom E, Varner MW, Spong CY, Mercer BM, Iams JD, Wapner RJ, Sorokin Y, Alexander JM, Harper M, Thorp JM Jr, Ramin SM, Malone FD, Carpenter M, Miodovnik M, Moawad A, O'Sullivan MJ, Peaceman AM, Hankins GD, Langer O, Caritis SN, Roberts JM; Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. A randomized, controlled trial of magnesium sulfate for the prevention of cerebral palsy. New England Journal of Medicine Gynecology, 359: 895-905, 2008.

  • Newman RB, Goldenberg RL, Iams JD, Meis PJ, Mercer BM, Moawad AH, Thom E, Miodovnik M, Caritis SN, Dombrowski M, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network.Preterm Prediction Study Comparison of the Cervical Score and Bishop Score for Prediction of Spontaneous Preterm Delivery. Obstetrics and Gynecology 112: 508-515, 2008.

  • Alexander JM, Leveno KJ, Rouse D, Landon MB, Gilbert SA, Spong CY, Varner MW, Caritis SN, Harper M, Wapner RJ, Sorokin Y, Miodovnik M, O'Sullivan MJ, Sibai BM, Langer O, Gabbe SG, for the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. Cesarean Delivery for the Second Twin. Obstetrics and Gynecology 112:748-752, 2008.

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