Amniotic-Fluid Lactoferrin: A Marker for Subclinical Intraamniotic Infection Prior to 32 Weeks Gestation

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 179-183

  Heller, Kimberly A ^a,b   Greig, Phillip C ^a,b   Phillip Heine, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

chorioamnionitis; decidual activation; Preterm labor

Indexed keywords

LACTOFERRIN;

AMNIONITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029553378     PISSN: 10647449     EISSN: 10980997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/S1064744995000573     Document Type: Article

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