GROα in the fetomaternal and amniotic fluid compartments during pregnancy and parturition

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-29

  Cohen, Jose ^a   Ghezzi, Fabio ^a   Romero, Roberto ^a,b   Ghidini, Alessandro ^c   Mazor, Moshe ^a   Tolosa, Jorge E ^c   Gonçalves, Luis F ^c   Gomez, Ricardo ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b HUTZEL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemokine; Cytokines; GRO ; Infection; Preterm labor

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; MELANOMA GROWTH STIMULATORY ACTIVITY FACTOR;

AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MATERNAL PLASMA; NEUTROPHIL; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; CHEMOKINES, CXC; CHEMOTACTIC FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; GROWTH INHIBITORS; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS;

EID: 0029671206     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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