Cytokines of the human reproductive tract

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 157-166

  Srivastava, Maya D ^a,b   Lippes, Jack ^a,b,c   Srivastava, B I Sahai ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ERIE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amniotic; Follicular; Oviductal; Seminal

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 11; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1ALPHA; STEM CELL FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; OVIDUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL PLASMA;

EID: 0029788725     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1996.tb00157.x     Document Type: Article

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