Choriodecidual production of interleukin-8 and mechanism of parturition

The Lancet

Volumn 339, Issue 8796, 1992, Pages 776-777

  Kelly, R W ^a   Leask, R ^a   Calder, A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 8; MIFEPRISTONE; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN E;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEUTROPHIL; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX;

CELLS, CULTURED; CHORION; DECIDUA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERLEUKIN-8; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MIFEPRISTONE; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE;

EID: 0026552978     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0140-6736(92)91896-G     Document Type: Article

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