Clinical application of maternal serum cytokine determination in premature rupture of membranes: Interleukin-6, an early predictor of neonatal infection?

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 774-778

  Pfeiffer, Kerstin A ^a   Reinsberg, Jochen ^a   Rahmun, Anja ^a   Schmolling, Jan ^a   Krebs, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Interleukin 6; Interleukin 8; Premature rupture of membranes; Soluble interleukin 2 receptor

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; FEVER; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL SERUM; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; PREDICTION; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REFERENCE VALUE; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0032827606     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/j.1600-0412.1999.780906.x     Document Type: Article

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