Influence of maternal age, gestational age and fetal gender on expression of immune mediators in amniotic fluid

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Weissenbacher, Tobias ^a   Laubender, Rüdiger P ^a   Witkin, Steven S ^b   Gingelmaier, Andrea ^a   Schiessl, Barbara ^c   Kainer, Franziskus ^a   Friese, Klaus ^a   Jeschke, Udo ^a   Dian, Darius ^a   Karl, Katrin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid; Cytokines; Fetal gender; Gestational age; Immune mediators

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNIOTIC FLUID; CESAREAN SECTION; CYTOKINES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84867831030     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-5-375     Document Type: Article

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