Maternal serum folate species in early pregnancy and lower genital tract inflammatory milieu

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61.e1-61.e7

  Simhan, Hyagriv N ^a   Himes, Katherine P ^a   Venkataramanan, Raman ^c   Bodnar, Lisa M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

cytokine; folate; inflammation; preterm birth

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID; FOLINIC ACID; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GENITAL TRACT INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; MATERNAL SERUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 79959733125     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2011.03.039     Document Type: Article

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