The role of cytokines in cervical ripening: Correlations between the concentrations of cytokines and hyaluronic acid in cervical mucus and the induction of hyaluronic acid production by inflammatory cytokines by human cervical fibroblasts
- 1 July 1998
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Elsevier in American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Vol. 179 (1) , 105-110
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0002-9378(98)70258-3
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