Comprehensive amniotic fluid cytokine profile evaluation in women with a short cervix: which cytokine(s) correlates best with outcome?

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 201, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 276.e1-276.e6

  Keeler, Sean M ^a,b   Kiefer, Daniel G ^c,d   Rust, Orion A ^b   Vintzileos, Anthony ^c   Atlas, Robert O ^e   Bornstein, Eran ^a   Hanna, Nazeeh ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

amniotic fluid; cytokine; short cervix

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CLINDAMYCIN; EOTAXIN; GAMMA INTERFERON INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 10; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INDOMETACIN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 8; INTERLEUKIN 9; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1ALPHA; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1BETA; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; RANTES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORT UTERINE CERVIX; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX;

EID: 69349092388     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2009.05.045     Document Type: Article

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