Uterine cervical inflammatory cytokines, interleukin-6 and -8, as predictors of miscarriage in recurrent cases

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 350-357

  Hattori, Yukio ^a   Nakanishi, Tamao ^a   Ozaki, Yasuhiko ^a   Nozawa, Kyoko ^a   Sato, Takeshi ^a   Sugiura Ogasawara, Mayumi ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Inflammatory cytokine; Interleukin 6; Interleukin 8; Recurrent miscarriage

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CURETTAGE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KARYOTYPE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADULT; CERVIX MUCUS; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTERLEUKIN-8; LIVE BIRTH; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 34548528897     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2007.00516.x     Document Type: Article

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