Cervical and vaginal cytokine determinations in pregnant women: Methodologic issues

Biological Research for Nursing

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 215-222

  Gennaro, Susan ^a   Raftery, Nancy ^a   Campbell, Donald ^b   Shults, Justine ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Interleukin; Pregnancy; Preterm birth; Preterm labor; Tumor necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PREGNANCY; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINA;

CERVIX UTERI; CYTOKINES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; VAGINA;

EID: 36949022039     PISSN: 10998004     EISSN: 15524175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1099800407309281     Document Type: Article

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