Cytokine concentrations during the first days of life

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 32-35

  Rizos, Demetrios ^a   Protonotariou, Efthimia ^a   Malamitsi Puchner, Ariadne ^a   Sarandakou, Angeliki ^a   Trakakis, Eftichios ^b   Salamalekis, Emmanuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Interferon (IFN ); Interleukin 2 (IL 2); Interleukin 4 (IL 4); Neonates; sIL 2R; sIL 4R

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 4 RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BIRTH; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREGULATION; MALE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 33847169864     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2006.04.014     Document Type: Article

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