Host defense proteins in vernix caseosa and amniotic fluid

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 191, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2090-2096

  Akinbi, Henry T ^a   Narendran, Vivek ^a   Pass, Amy Kun ^a   Markart, Philipp ^a   Hoath, Steven B ^a  

^a Cincinnati Children's Hosp Med C   (United States)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid; Lactoferrin; Lysozyme; Muramidase; Vernix

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN 2; LACTOFERRIN; LACTOPEROXIDASE; LYSOZYME; NEUTROPHIL PEPTIDE 1; NEUTROPHIL PEPTIDE 2; NEUTROPHIL PEPTIDE 3; PEPTIDE; SECRETORY LEUKOCYTE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FETUS (ANATOMY); GROWTH INHIBITION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROBIAL GROWTH; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA-DEFENSINS; AMNIOTIC FLUID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTOFERRIN; MURAMIDASE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERNIX CASEOSA;

EID: 10044292216     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2004.05.002     Document Type: Article

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