Correlation between cytokine levels of amniotic fluid and histological chorioamnionitis in preterm delivery

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 633-639

  Negishi, Hiroaki ^a   Yamada, Hideto ^a   Mikuni, Masato ^a   Kishida, Tatsuro ^a   Okuyama, Kazuhiko ^a   Sagawa, Tadashi ^a   Makinoda, Satoru ^a   Fujimoto, Seiichiro ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chorioamnionitis; Cytokine; Intrauterine infection; Premature labor

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030461560     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jpme.1996.24.6.633     Document Type: Article

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