Chemokines Rantes and interleukin-8 in the perinatal period: Changes in serum concentrations

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 235-240

  Malamitsi Puchner, Ariadne ^a   Sarandakou, Angeliki ^a   Tziotis, John ^a   Economou, Emmanuel ^a   Protonotariou, Efthimia ^a   Rigopoulou, Ourania ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Interleukin 8; Perinatal period; RANTES

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 8; RANTES;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DELIVERY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; INFLAMMATION; LABOR; MALE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERLEUKIN-8; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; RANTES; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 2542484653     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-828611     Document Type: Article

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