Measurement of Amniotic Fluid Interleukin-6 Using Commercial Kits

oleh: Tsunenobu Tamura, William W. Andrews, Kelley E. Johnston, G. Philamon Hemstreet, Robert L. Goldenberg

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Wiley 1997-01-01

Deskripsi

Objective: The association between increased amniotic fluid interleukin-6 (IL-6) concentrations and preterm labor has received increasing attention. Several research groups have evaluated this association using commercial IL-6 kits, which principally use the sandwich-enzyme-immunoassay method, and were originally created to measure IL-6 in plasma, serum, or culture media. We evaluated commercial kits for the determination of IL-6 in amniotic fluid.