Amniotic Fluid Cytokines Predict Pregnancy Outcome: Myth or Reality?

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 617-618

  Wang, Peng Hui ^a   Cheng, Ming Huei ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; CYTOKINE; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; LIPOCORTIN 5; STROMAL CELL DERIVED FACTOR 1; STROMAL CELL DERIVED FACTOR 1ALPHA;

AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID; APGAR SCORE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDITORIAL; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LETHALITY; NONHUMAN; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROMA CELL; TROPHOBLAST;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; CHEMOKINE CXCL12; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 2; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 9; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RECEPTORS, CXCR4;

EID: 74549158286     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: 17287731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1726-4901(09)70441-1     Document Type: Editorial

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