Interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor alpha as predictors of success after emergent cerclage

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 477-481

  Endres, Loraine K ^a,b   Wang, Eileen Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical incompetence; Emergent cerclage; IL 6; Inflammation; TNF

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERCLAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX INCOMPETENCE;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERCLAGE, CERVICAL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; UTERINE CERVICAL INCOMPETENCE;

EID: 9744276758     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-835965     Document Type: Article

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