Limited Relationship between Cervico-Vaginal Fluid Cytokine Profiles and Cervical Shortening in Women at High Risk of Spontaneous Preterm Birth

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Chandiramani, Manju ^a,b   Seed, Paul T ^a   Orsi, Nicolas M ^c   Ekbote, Uma V ^c   Bennett, Phillip R ^b   Shennan, Andrew H ^a   Tribe, Rachel M ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; PROGESTERONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CERVICAL LENGTH MEASUREMENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOASSAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREMATURE LABOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTERINE CERVIX CERCLAGE; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY FLUIDS; CERCLAGE, CERVICAL; CERVICAL LENGTH MEASUREMENT; CERVIX UTERI; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROGESTERONE; RISK; VAGINA;

EID: 84871537120     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052412     Document Type: Article

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