Cervical fluid cytokines in pregnant women: Relation to vaginal wet mount findings and polymorphonuclear leukocyte counts

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 165-170

  Nenadić, Dane B ^a   Pavlović, Miloš D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEFENCE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Cervical fluid; Interleukin 8; Polymorphonuclear leukocytes; Preterm labour; Vaginal wet mount

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 8;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS; VAGINA SMEAR;

EID: 53149113062     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2008.02.020     Document Type: Article

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