Interleukin-8 synthesis and the onset of labor

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 223-229

  Osmers, R G W ^a,b   Blaser, J ^a,b   Kuhn, W ^a,b   Tschesche, H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 8;

ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY;

CERVIX UTERI; CESAREAN SECTION; COLLAGENASES; CYTOKINES; DECIDUA; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES; GELATINASE B; HUMAN; INTERLEUKIN-8; LABOR ONSET; MYOMETRIUM; NEUTROPHIL COLLAGENASE; PREGNANCY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0029042378     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0029-7844(95)93704-4     Document Type: Article

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