Inhibition of interleukin-10 during pregnancy results in neonatal growth retardation

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 232-235

  Rijhsinghani, Asha G ^a,b   Thompson, Kristin ^a   Tygrette, Lorraine ^a   Bhatia, Sudershan K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Interleukin 10; Neonatal growth; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 10; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS RESORPTION; FETUS WASTAGE; GROWTH RETARDATION; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0030890161     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1997.tb00220.x     Document Type: Article

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