Role of Endothelin and Inflammatory Cytokines in Pre-eclampsia - A Pilot North Indian Study

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 428-432

  Sharma, Deepika ^a   Singh, Archana ^b   Trivedi, Shubha S ^a   Bhattacharjee, Jayashree ^a  

^a LADY HARDINGE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Endothelin; Hypertension; Pre eclampsia

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; ENDOTHELIN 1; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; PLACENTA PERFUSION; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYTOKINES; ENDOTHELIN-1; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFLAMMATION; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-2; PILOT PROJECTS; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 79952301796     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2010.00903.x     Document Type: Article

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