IL-1b IL-6 and IL-8 Levels in Gyneco-Obstetric Infections
| Author(s) : | López Carlos Giménez Francisco Basso Beatriz , |
| Publisher : | N/A |
| Publication Date : | 2005 |
| ISSN : | N/A |
| Abstract : | Objective. During pregnancy cytokines and inflammatory mediators stimulate the expression of prostaglandin, the levels of which determine the onset of labor. The aim of this work was to study interleukin IL-1أƒإ½أ‚آ², IL-6 and IL-8 levels in the vaginal discharge, serum and urine of pregnant women with genitourinary infection before and after specific treatment. One hundred and fifty-one patients were studied during the second or third trimester of their pregnancy., |