Serum IL-6 level may have role in the pathophysiology of unexplained infertility

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 261-267

  Demir, Bulent ^a   Guven, Suleyman ^b   Guvendag Guven, Emine Seda ^c   Atamer, Yildiz ^d   Gul, Talip ^d  

^a Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic   (Turkey)

^b KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d DICLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

IL 6; Pathophysiology; Serum level; TNF alpha; Unexplained infertility

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INTERLEUKIN-6; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 70349981880     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2009.00734.x     Document Type: Article

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