Pro- and antiinflammatory cytokines in threatened miscarriages

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 83.e8-83.e16

  Calleja Agius, Jean ^a   Muttukrishna, Shanthi ^c   Pizzey, Arnold R ^b   Jauniaux, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Irish Centre for Fetal and Neonatal Translational Research   (Ireland)

Author keywords

cytokine; interleukin 10; threatened miscarriage; TNF receptor; tumor necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR 2;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOCYTE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

EID: 79959694600     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2011.02.051     Document Type: Article

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