Parturition at term: Parallel increases in interleukin-8 and proteinase concentrations and neutrophil count in the lower uterine segment

Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1096-1100

  Winkler, M ^a   Fischer, D C ^b   Ruck, P ^c   Marx, T ^a   Kaiserling E ^a   Oberpichler, A ^b   Tschesche, H ^a   Rath, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cervix uteri; Interleukin 8; Matrix metalloproteinases; Neutrophils; Parturition

Indexed keywords

GELATINASE B; INTERLEUKIN 8; NEUTROPHIL COLLAGENASE;

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUTROPHIL; NORMAL HUMAN; STROMA; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; UTERUS; UTERUS BIOPSY;

EID: 0032946401     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.4.1096     Document Type: Article

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