The relationship between amniotic fluid interleukin-6 concentration and histologic evidence of chorioamnionitis

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 515-520

  Tsuda, Akira ^a   Ikegami, Toshiya ^b   Hirano, Hideto ^a   Sanada, Hiroyuki ^a   Ogawa, Masaki ^a   Sasaki, Masato ^c   Tanaka, Toshinobu ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Yamamoto Kumiai General Hospital   (Japan)

^c Depts of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid; Chorioamnionitis; Interleukin 6; Preterm labor

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 6;

AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETUS MEMBRANE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLACENTA; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0031778152     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/j.1600-0412.1998.770508.x     Document Type: Article

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