Maternal serum and amniotic fluid cytokines in patients with preterm premature rupture of membranes with and without intrauterine infection

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 209-215

  Shobokshi, A ^a   Shaarawy, M ^b  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Infection; Premature rupture of membranes

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CELL ACTIVITY; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MACROPHAGE; MYCOPLASMA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REVIEW; UREAPLASMA;

EID: 0036890644     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7292(02)00238-2     Document Type: Article

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