Chorioamnionitis: Elevated interleukin-6 and interleukin-8 concentrations in the lower uterine segment

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 292-296

  Willi, Marc J ^a   Winkler, Matthias ^a   Fischer, Dagmar Christiane ^a   Reineke, Thorsten ^a   Maul, Holger ^a   Rath, Werner ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chorioamnionitis; Cytokines; Infection; Parturition; Premature labor; Uterine cervix

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYTOKINE; FENOTEROL; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UTERUS;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTERLEUKIN-8; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; UTERUS; HUMANS;

EID: 0036025250     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2002.042     Document Type: Article

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