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Plasma TNF-α levels are higher in early pregnancy in patients with secondary compared with primary recurrent miscarriage.
American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) - 1 Nov 2013
Piosik Zofia Maria, Goegebeur Yuri, Klitkou Louise, Steffensen Rudi, Christiansen Ole Bjarne
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PROBLEM: Specific pro-inflammatory cytokine profiles in plasma may characterize women with recurrent miscarriage (RM) but the dynamics of the cytokine profiles with progressing pregnancy is largely unknown. METHOD OF STUDY: Plasma was repeatedly sampled in the first trimester from 47 RM patients. The concentrations of five cytokines including tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) were measured. TNF-α levels were...
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