Cytokine profiles in peripheral, placental and cord blood in pregnant women from an area endemic for Plasmodium falciparum

European Cytokine Network

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 120-125

  Bouyou Akotet, Marielle K ^a,b,c   Kombila, Maryvonne ^c   Kremsner, Peter G ^a,b   Mavoungou, Elie ^a,b,d  

^a ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Gabon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES DE LA SANTÉ   (Gabon)

^d Hopital Albert Schweitzer   (Gabon)

Author keywords

Cord blood; Cytokine; MCP 1; Placental; Plasmodium falciparum; Pregnant women

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 15; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GABON; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALARIA; MULTIPARA; PLACENTA; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PLACENTA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 3242780116     PISSN: 11485493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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