Preterm birth: The premature rupture of the fetal membrane in the absence of infection

Prenatal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 60-63

  Bryant Greenwood, G D ^a,b   Millar, L K ^a,b   Yamamoto, S Y ^b   Bogie, L V ^a   Tashima, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

AUTOCRINE PARACRINE; COLLAGENOLYSIS; DECIDUA; FETAL MEMBRANE; INFECTION; RELAXIN

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005542185     PISSN: 13598635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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