Amniotic fluid interleukin-18 at mid-trimester genetic amniocentesis: Relationship to intraamniotic microbial invasion and preterm delivery

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 116, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1743-1748

  Daskalakis, G ^a   Thomakos, N ^a   Papapanagiotou, A ^b   Papantoniou, N ^a   Mesogitis, S ^a   Antsaklis, A ^a  

^a Alexandra Maternity Hospital   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Amniocentesis; Inflammation; Interleukin 18; Preterm delivery

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 18;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID; AMNIONITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; PARITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT INDICATION; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNIOTIC FLUID; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-18; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 70449403468     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2009.02364.x     Document Type: Article

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