Background: Chronic and acute infections are associated with an increased risk of stroke...
Keywords: infection, inflammation, interleukins, Polymorphism, Stroke, tumor necrosis factor
08/2006 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de Gruyter
Aims: To measure maternal serum interleukins (IL) in pregnancy, delivery and early puerperium, and to identify their potential determinants.
Methods: Prospective longitudinal measures of serum IL-1?, IL-6 and IL-8 in 38 healthy pregnant women at antenatal visits, through labor and delivery, with clinical correlates (infection, vaginal hemorrhage and anemia) recorded by questionnaire.
Results: Pregnancy IL levels remained consistently low...
Keywords: infection, interleukins, labor, pregnancy, puerperium
11/2004 | Journal of Perinatal Medicine, Walter de Gruyter