Endothelin-1,2 levels are increased in the amniotic fluid of women with preterm labor and microbial invasion of the amniotic cavity

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 166, Issue 1 PART 1, 1992, Pages 95-99

  Romero, Roberto ^a,c   Avila, Cecilia ^a   Edwin, Samuel S ^b   Mitchell, Murray D ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

chorioamnionitis; Endothelins; intraamniotic infection; preterm labor

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN;

ADULT; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AMNION; AMNIOTIC FLUID; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; ENDOTHELINS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TOCOLYSIS;

EID: 0026527573     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9378(92)91837-Z     Document Type: Article

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