Analysis of the concentrations of interleukin 18 in amniotic fluid in the second and the third trimesters of pregnancy

Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 699-703

  Klimkiewicz Blok, Dominika ^a   Florjański, Jerzy ^a   Zalewski, Jerzy ^a   Blok, Radosław ^a  

^a WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid; Interleukin 18

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 18;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AMNIOTIC FLUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-18; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD;

EID: 84891385453     PISSN: 18995276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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