Value of the maternal interleukin 6 level for determination of histologic chorioamnionitis in preterm delivery

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 225-231

  Maeda, Kazuhisa ^a,c   Matsuzaki, Noboru ^b   Fuke, Shinji ^a   Mitsuda, Nobuaki ^a   Shimoya, Koichiro ^b   Nakayama, Masahiro ^a   Suehara, Noriyuki ^a   Aono, Toshihiro ^c  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Histologic chorioamnionitis; Interleukin 6; Preterm delivery; Soluble interleukin 6 receptor

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PLACENTA; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030978727     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: 1423002X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000291862     Document Type: Article

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