Serum cytokines in second trimester pregnancy and their relationship with spontaneous preterm births in the Ribeirão Preto and São Luiz cohorts

• Main Authors: Suzana Eggers Turra (Author), Ênio Luis Damaso (Author), Eduardo Carvalho de Arruda Veiga (Author), Viviane Cunha Cardoso (Author), Heloisa Bettiol (Author), Ricardo Carvalho Cavalli (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Objective To evaluate the association between second trimester plasma cytokine levels in asymptomatic pregnant women and preterm births (PTB) in an attempt to identify a possible predictor of preterm birth. Methods The study design was a nested case-control study including women with single...