Elevated C-reactive protein and pro-inflammatory cytokines in Andean women with pre-eclampsia

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 243-249

  Teran, E ^a   Escudero, C ^b   Moya, W ^b   Flores, M ^b   Vallance, P ^c   Lopez Jaramillo, P ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Inst Colombiano de Invest Biomed   (Colombia)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Cytokines; Inflammation; Pre eclampsia; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TURBIDIMETRY;

EID: 0035208903     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7292(01)00499-4     Document Type: Article

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