Relationship between cervical mucus interleukin-8 concentrations and vaginal bacteria in pregnancy

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 106-112

  Sakai, Masatoshi ^a   Ishiyama, Akihiko ^a   Tabata, Mika ^a   Sasaki, Yasushi ^a   Yoneda, Satoshi ^a   Shiozaki, Arihiro ^a   Saito, Shigeru ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b Center of Excellence 21st Program   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; Cervicitis; Cytokine; Lactobacillus; Preterm labor

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 8;

ADULT; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS; VAGINA FLORA;

EID: 4344613524     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2004.00203.x     Document Type: Article

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