High altitude residence during pregnancy alters cytokine and catecholamine levels

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 344-354

  Coussons Read, Mary E ^a   Mazzeo, Robert S ^b   Whitford, Margaret H ^b   Schmitt, Mischel ^a   Moore, Lorna G ^a   Zamudio, Stacy ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Catecholamines; Cytokines; High altitude; Human pregnancy; Neural immune interactions

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; CYTOKINE; ESTRIOL; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 10; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CATECHOLAMINE URINE LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ESTRIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MATERNAL SERUM; NEUROIMMUNOLOGY; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES;

ALTITUDE; CATECHOLAMINES; CYTOKINES; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0036829289     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0897.2002.01078.x     Document Type: Article

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