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The higher the umbilical cord plasma concentration of C-reactive protein (CRP), the more severe the inflammatory process in the umbilical cord, assessed by the severity of funisitis by stage. (Reproduced with permission from Oh JW, Park CW, Moon KC et al. The relationship among the progression of inflammation in umbilical cord, fetal inflammatory response, early-onset neonatal sepsis, and chorioamnionitis. PLoS One 14:e0225328, 2019.).
