Pre-term labor: An intra-uterine inflammatory response syndrome?

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 36, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 93-109

  Dudley, Donald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Infection; Inflammation; Interleukins; Pre term labor

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6; MESSENGER RNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

AMNION FLUID; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIUM; DECIDUA; FEMALE; FETUS MEMBRANE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION; METRITIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REVIEW; SEPSIS;

EID: 0030829947     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0378(97)00065-X     Document Type: Article

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