Association between serum tumor necrosis factor-α and corticotropin-releasing hormone levels in women with preterm labor

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 497-501

  Vitoratos, Nicolaos ^a   Papadias, Konstantinos ^a   Makrakis, Evangelos ^a   Christodoulakos, George ^a   Panoulis, Konstantinos ^a   Creatsas, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Corticotrophin releasing hormone; Labor; Pregnancy; Preterm labor; Tumor necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LABOR ONSET; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 33748771174     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2006.00441.x     Document Type: Article

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