Cyclic plasma IL-6 levels during normal menstrual cycle

Cytokine

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 370-374

  Angstwurm, Matthias W A ^a   Gärtner, Roland ^a   Ziegler Heitbrock, H W Löms ^b  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Institut für Immunologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Il 6; Menstrual cycle; Monocyte; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CD14 ANTIGEN; CD16 ANTIGEN; CORTISONE; CYTOKINE; FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 6 RECEPTOR; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; LUTEAL PHASE; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031149655     PISSN: 10434666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cyto.1996.0178     Document Type: Article

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