The value of cord blood interleukin-6 levels for predicting chorioamnionitis, funisitis and neonatal infection in term premature rupture of membranes


Tasci Y., Dilbaz B., Onal B. U., Caliskan E., Dilbaz S., Doganci L., ...More

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS GYNECOLOGY AND REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY, vol.128, pp.34-39, 2006 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

Abstract

Objective: The objective was to determine whether the interleukin-6 (IL-6) level in umbilical cord blood can be used for the prediction of histologic chorioamnionitis, funisitis, fetal membrane cultures and neonatal infection.