Interleukin-6, interferon-γ, interleukin-8, and granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor levels in human amniotic fluid at term

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 89-98

  Oláh, Karl S ^a,b   Vince, Gill S ^a   Neilson, James P ^a   Deniz, Gunnar ^a   Johnson, Peter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b WARWICK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GM CSF; Human amniotic fluid; IFN ; IL 6; IL 8

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8;

AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABOR; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL ARTERY; VENOUS BLOOD;

ADULT; AMNIOTIC FLUID; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; GRANULOCYTE-MACROPHAGE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTERLEUKIN-8; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PREGNANCY; UTERUS;

EID: 0030297192     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0378(96)00990-4     Document Type: Article

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