Tumor necrosis factor in preterm and term labor

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 166, Issue 5, 1992, Pages 1576-1587

  Romero, Robert ^a,b   Mazor, Moshe ^a   Sepulveda, Waldo ^a,b   Avila, Cecilia ^a   Copeland, Diane ^c   Williams, John ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GENZYME CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

amniotic fluid; cytokine; immunoassay; Labor; parturition; prematurity; preterm labor; term labor; tumor necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ADULT; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AMNIOTIC FLUID; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; LABOR, PREMATURE; LACTOBACILLUS; MYCOPLASMA; PREGNANCY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; UREAPLASMA;

EID: 0026548690     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9378(92)91636-O     Document Type: Article

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