Platelet-activating factor: role in fetal lung development and relationship to normal and premature labor
K Toyoshima, H Narahara, M Furukawa, RA Frenkel… - Clinics in …, 1995 - Elsevier
Platelet-activating factor (PAF) has been implicated in a number of physiologic and disease
processes. The role of this autacoid in reproductive biology is now clearly established. The
relationship of PAF to fetal lung maturation and parturition, including some complications of
pregnancy, is stressed in this article. Included in this discussion are the roles of PAF in
premature labor and pregnancy-induced hypertension, with particular emphasis on
necrotizing enterocolitis and the prevention of this disease by glucocorticoids and breast …
processes. The role of this autacoid in reproductive biology is now clearly established. The
relationship of PAF to fetal lung maturation and parturition, including some complications of
pregnancy, is stressed in this article. Included in this discussion are the roles of PAF in
premature labor and pregnancy-induced hypertension, with particular emphasis on
necrotizing enterocolitis and the prevention of this disease by glucocorticoids and breast …