First trimester interleukin 8 levels are associated with postpartum relapse in multiple sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1356-1358

  Neuteboom, Rinze F ^a   Verbraak, Evert ^a   Voerman, Jane S A ^a   van Meurs, Marjan ^a   Steegers, Eric A P ^a   de Groot, Christianne J M ^b   Laman, Jon D ^a   Hintzen, Rogier Q ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Chemokines; Pregnancy; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 8;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PUERPERIUM; RELAPSE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-8; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK;

EID: 70450191744     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458509107009     Document Type: Article

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