Fertility and Sterility
Volume 89, Issue 6 , Pages 1795-1802 , June 2008

Circulating levels of cytokines during pregnancy: thrombopoietin is elevated in miscarriage

  • Brian W. Whitcomb, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Epidemiology Branch, Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Insttutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
    • Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland
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  • Enrique F. Schisterman, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Epidemiology Branch, Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Insttutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Enrique F. Schisterman, Ph.D., Epidemiology Branch, DESPR, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, 6100 Executive Blvd., Rm. 7B03, Rockville, MD 20852 (FAX: 301-402-2084).
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  • Mark A. Klebanoff, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Epidemiology Branch, Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Insttutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
    • ,
  • Mona Baumgarten, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland
    • ,
  • Xiaoping Luo, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Florida, Gainsville, Florida
    • ,
  • Nasser Chegini, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Florida, Gainsville, Florida

Received 21 February 2007 ,Revised 17 May 2007 ,Accepted 23 May 2007.

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 Funded by an intramural grant from the Epidemiology Branch of the Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

PII: S0015-0282(07)01214-9

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.05.046

Fertility and Sterility
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