Characterization of the inflammatory cytokines in the vagina during pregnancy and labor with bacterial vaginosis

Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 90-94

  Imseis, Hytham M ^a,b,c,d   Greig, Phillip C ^a,b,c   Livengood III, Charles H ^a,b,c   Shunior, Emily ^a,b,c   Durda, Paul ^a,b,c   Erikson, Mark ^a,b,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Gcnzyme Corporation   (United States)

^c Connective Therapeutics Inc ^*  (United States)

^d THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

bacterial vaginosis; interleukin 1 ; interleukin 6; Labor; vaginal cytokines

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINITIS;

BODY FLUIDS; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-1; INTERLEUKIN-6; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0030993359     PISSN: 10715576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-5576(97)00003-8     Document Type: Article

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