Cytokine levels in midtrimester amniotic fluid in normal pregnancy and in the prediction of pre-eclampsia

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 310-314

  Heikkinen, J ^a,b   Mottonen M ^a,b   Pulkki, K ^b   Lassila, O ^a,b   Alanen, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 11; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AMNION FLUID LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; PREDICTION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; AMNIOTIC FLUID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-15; INTERLEUKINS; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0035124486     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3083.2001.00872.x     Document Type: Article

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