Interleukin-8 associated increase in the number of neutrophilic granulocytes in the cervical stroma as a basic mechanism of cervical dilatation during parturition at term;Interleukin-8-assoziierte Zunahme der Zahl neutrophiler Granulozyten im zervikalen Stroma als zentraler Mechanismus der Zervixeroffnung bei der Termingeburt

Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 300-302

  Winkler, M ^a,d   Fischer, D C ^b   Ruck, P ^c   Marx, T ^c   Kaiserling, E ^c   Rath, W ^a  

^a Frauenkl Gynakol und Geburtshilfe   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABOR; NEUTROPHIL; NORMAL HUMAN; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION;

EID: 0030923102     PISSN: 00165751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1023086     Document Type: Article

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