Betamethasone effects on the endocervical inflammatory cytokines in preterm labor: A randomized clinical trial

International Immunopharmacology

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1116-1119

  Hantoushzadeh, Sedigheh ^a   Javadian, Pouya ^b   Salmanian, Bahram ^b   Ghazanfari, Tooba ^c   Kermani, Arezou ^c   Abbasalizadeh, Fatemeh ^d   Zandevakil, Farahnaz ^e   Khazardoost, Soghra ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHED UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e KURDISTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Corticosteroid; Interleukin; Preterm delivery

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; PLACEBO; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANK SUM TEST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST; UTERINE ENDOCERVIX;

EID: 84860421874     PISSN: 15675769     EISSN: 18781705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2011.03.008     Document Type: Article

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