Racial differences in cervical cytokine concentrations between pregnant women with and without bacterial vaginosis

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 166-171

  Ryckman, Kelli K ^a,b   Williams, Scott M ^a,b   Krohn, Marijane A ^c   Simhan, Hyagriv N ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; Cytokine levels; Ethnic differences

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE; GROWTH FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 6; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR BB;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; VAGINITIS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERVIX UTERI; CHEMOKINE CCL2; CYTOKINES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN-6; PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RECEPTORS, CYTOKINE; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 46549089814     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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