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Overview

Bo Hyun Yoon is affiliated with Seoul National University in South Korea. Their research primarily focuses on medical sciences, with a specialization in epidemiology and public health, environmental and occupational health. Additional subfields include surgery, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and molecular biology.

The main topics covered in Bo Hyun Yoon's work include:

  • Preterm Birth and Chorioamnionitis
  • Pregnancy-related medical research
  • Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
  • Neonatal and Maternal Infections
  • Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
  • Reproductive tract infections research
  • Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies

Frequent co-authors in their publications are:

  • Yun-Sok Ha
  • Tae Gyun Kwon
  • So Young Chun
  • Bum Soo Kim
  • Jun Nyung Lee

Bo Hyun Yoon has published extensively in journals such as:

  • American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • BioMed Research International
  • Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Notable recent papers include:

  • The fetal inflammatory response syndrome: the origins of a concept, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and obstetrical implications (2020, Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine)
  • Clinical chorioamnionitis at term: definition, pathogenesis, microbiology, diagnosis, and treatment (2023, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology)
  • Toward a new taxonomy of obstetrical disease: improved performance of maternal blood biomarkers for the great obstetrical syndromes when classified according to placental pathology (2022, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology)
  • Meconium-stained amniotic fluid (2023, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology)
  • Clinical chorioamnionitis at term X: microbiology, clinical signs, placental pathology, and neonatal bacteremia - implications for clinical care (2021, Journal of Perinatal Medicine)

The scope of Bo Hyun Yoon's research spans critical issues in obstetrics and neonatal medicine, focusing on inflammatory response syndromes, infections related to pregnancy and neonatal outcomes, and molecular and epidemiological investigations into related pathologies. Their contributions have contributed to a deeper understanding of pregnancy-related complications and neonatal health outcomes.

Best Publications

  • The fetal inflammatory response syndrome.

    Ricardo Gomez;Roberto Romero;Fabio Ghezzi;Bo Hyun Yoon

  • Amniotic fluid inflammatory cytokines (interleukin-6, interleukin-1β, and tumor necrosis factor-α), neonatal brain white matter lesions, and cerebral palsy

    Bo Hyun Yoon;Jong Kwan Jun;Roberto Romero;Kyo Hoon Park

  • Acute chorioamnionitis and funisitis: definition, pathologic features, and clinical significance.

    Chong Jai Kim;Chong Jai Kim;Roberto Romero;Piya Chaemsaithong;Piya Chaemsaithong;Noppadol Chaiyasit;Noppadol Chaiyasit

  • Fetal exposure to an intra-amniotic inflammation and the development of cerebral palsy at the age of three years

    Bo Hyun Yoon;Roberto Romero;Joong Shin Park;Chong Jai Kim

  • A fetal systemic inflammatory response is followed by the spontaneous onset of preterm parturition

    Roberto Romero;Ricardo Gomez;Fabio Ghezzi;Bo Hyun Yoon

  • Interleukin-6 concentrations in umbilical cord plasma are elevated in neonates with white matter lesions associated with periventricular leukomalacia

    Bo Hyun Yoon;Roberto Romero;Soon Ha Yang;Jong Kwan Jun

  • Clinical significance of intra-amniotic inflammation in patients with preterm labor and intact membranes ☆ ☆☆

    Bo Hyun Yoon;Roberto Romero;Jeong Bin Moon;Soon-Sup Shim

  • Amniotic fluid interleukin-6: A sensitive test for antenatal diagnosis of acute inflammatory lesions of preterm placenta and prediction of perinatal morbidity

    Bo Hyun Yoon;Roberto Romero;Chong Jai Kim;Jong Kwan Jun

  • Amniotic fluid cytokines (interleukin-6, tumor necrosis factor-α, interleukin-1β, and interleukin-8) and the risk for the development of bronchopulmonary dysplasia

    Bo Hyun Yoon;Roberto Romero;Jong Kwan Jun;Kyo Hoon Park

  • The relationship among inflammatory lesions of the umbilical cord (funisitis), umbilical cord plasma interleukin 6 concentration, amniotic fluid infection, and neonatal sepsis.

    Bo Hyun Yoon;Roberto Romero;Joong Shin Park;Miha Kim

  • Prevalence and Clinical Significance of Sterile Intra‐amniotic Inflammation in Patients with Preterm Labor and Intact Membranes

    Roberto Romero;Jezid Miranda;Jezid Miranda;Tinnakorn Chaiworapongsa;Tinnakorn Chaiworapongsa;Steven J. Korzeniewski;Steven J. Korzeniewski

  • Failure of physiologic transformation of the spiral arteries in patients with preterm labor and intact membranes

    Yeon Mee Kim;Emmanuel Bujold;Tinnakorn Chaiworapongsa;Ricardo Gomez

  • Funisitis and chorionic vasculitis: the histological counterpart of the fetal inflammatory response syndrome

    P. Pacora;T. Chaiworapongsa;E. Maymon;Y. M. Kim

  • The diagnostic and prognostic value of amniotic fluid white blood cell count, glucose, interleukin-6, and Gram stain in patients with preterm labor and intact membranes

    Roberto Romero;Bo Hyun Yoon;Moshe Mazor;Ricardo Gomez

  • High expression of tumor necrosis factor-α and interleukin-6 in periventricular leukomalacia ☆ ☆☆ ★ ★★ ♢

    Bo Hyun Yoon;Roberto Romero;Chong Jai Kim;Ja Nam Koo

  • Sterile and microbial-associated intra-amniotic inflammation in preterm prelabor rupture of membranes.

    Roberto Romero;Jezid Miranda;Piya Chaemsaithong;Tinnakorn Chaiworapongsa

  • Intrauterine infection and the development of cerebral palsy.

    Bo Hyun Yoon;Chan Wook Park;Tinnakorn Chaiworapongsa

  • A systemic fetal inflammatory response and the development of bronchopulmonary dysplasia

    Bo Hyun Yoon;Roberto Romero;Kyung Sun Kim;Joong Shin Park

  • Clinical significance of intra-amniotic inflammation in patients with preterm premature rupture of membranes

    Soon-Sup Shim;Roberto Romero;Joon-Seok Hong;Chan-Wook Park

  • A comparative study of the diagnostic performance of amniotic fluid glucose, white blood cell count, interleukin-6, and Gram stain in the detection of microbial invasion in patients with preterm premature rupture of membranes***

    Roberto Romero;Bo Hyun Yoon;Moshe Mazor;Ricardo Gomez

Frequent Co-Authors

Roberto Romero
Roberto Romero National Institutes of Health
Tinnakorn Chaiworapongsa
Tinnakorn Chaiworapongsa Wayne State University
Sonia S. Hassan
Sonia S. Hassan Wayne State University
Juan Pedro Kusanovic
Juan Pedro Kusanovic Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Ricardo Gomez
Ricardo Gomez Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Offer Erez
Offer Erez Soroka Medical Center
Lami Yeo
Lami Yeo National Institutes of Health
Moshe Mazor
Moshe Mazor Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Chong Jai Kim
Chong Jai Kim Asan Medical Center
Jimmy Espinoza
Jimmy Espinoza Baylor College of Medicine

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