Malaria elicits type 1 cytokines in the human placenta: IFN-γ and TNF- α associated with pregnancy outcomes

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 160, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 2523-2530

  Fried, Michal ^a,d   Muga, Richard O ^b   Misore, Ambrose O ^c   Duffy, Patrick E ^a,d  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^c New Nyanza Provincial General Hospital   (Kenya)

^d WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032031441     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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