A correlation of pregnancy term, disease activity, serum female hormones, and cytokines in uveitis

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1506-1509

  Chan, Chi Chao ^a   Reed, G F ^a   Kim, Y ^a   Agron E ^a   Buggage, R R ^a  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; ESTROGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; SEX HORMONE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; OBSERVATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; UVEITIS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CYTOKINES; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HORMONES; HUMANS; INTERLEUKINS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREDNISONE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UVEITIS;

EID: 9644279386     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2004.048595     Document Type: Article

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