Ultrasonographic assessment of the uterine cervix and interleukin-8 concentrations in cervical secretions predict intrauterine infection in patients with preterm labor and intact membranes

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 86-92

  Rizzo, G ^a   Capponi, A ^a   Vlachopoulou, A ^a   Angelini, E ^a   Grassi, C ^a   Romanini, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Interleukin 8; Preterm labor; Transvaginal ultrasonography; Uterine cervix

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 8;

ADULT; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SECRETIONS; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; UTERINE CERVIX;

ADULT; AMNIOTIC FLUID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CERVIX UTERI; EXTRAEMBRYONIC MEMBRANES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-8; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 0031713544     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1998.12020086.x     Document Type: Article

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