Maternal serum interleukin-6 during pregnancy and during term and preterm labor

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 465-469

  Greig, Phillip C ^a   Murtha, Amy P ^a   Jimmerson, Cathy J ^a   Herbert, William N P ^a   Roitman Johnson, Beatrice ^a   Allen, Jean ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b R and D Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOCOLYSIS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; REFERENCE VALUES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030874418     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(97)00294-9     Document Type: Article

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