IL-8 concentration in maternal serum, amniotic fluid and cord blood in relation to different pathogens within the amniotic cavity

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 22-26

  Witt, Armin ^a   Berger, Angelika ^a   Gruber, Christian J ^a   Petricevic, Ljubomir ^a   Apfalter, Petra ^a   Husslein, Peter ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Amniotic cavity; Cesarean section; Interleukin 8; Preterm delivery; Ureaplasma urealyticum

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 8;

ADULT; AMNION; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MATERNAL SERUM; NEWBORN; PLACENTA; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; FETUS BLOOD; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AMNIOTIC FLUID; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-8; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UREAPLASMA INFECTIONS; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

EID: 13844299836     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2005.003     Document Type: Article

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