Cytokines concentrations in the cervical mucus of pregnant women

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 517-522

  Sagawa, Tadashi ^a   Furuta, Itsuko ^a   Negishi, Hiroaki ^a   Kishida, Tatsuro ^a   Begum, Sayeda ^a   Fujimoto, Seiichiro ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical mucus; Interleukin 1 ; Interleukin 1 ; Interleukin 6; Interleukin 8

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; ELASTASE; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8;

ARTICLE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFECTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS;

EID: 0029806115     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.1996.tb01065.x     Document Type: Article

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