Frigen II improves the reliability of measurement of interleukin-1 related substances in amniotic fluid

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 321-325

  Ishihara, Osamu ^a   Saitoh, Masahiro ^a   Kinoshita, Katsuyuki ^a   Takanashi, Hitoshi ^b   Arai, Yoshinori ^b   Kitagawa, Hiroshi ^b  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SANOFI   (France)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid; Frigen II; Interleukin 1; Interleukin 1 receptor antagonist; Preterm labor

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1 DERIVATIVE; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; POLYHALO DERIVATIVE;

AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; LABOR; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 0033030262     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/j.1600-0412.1999.780409.x     Document Type: Article

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