Transabdominal amnioinfusion therapy with antibiotics for preterm premature rupture of membranes before 26 weeks of gestation

Journal of Maternal-Fetal Investigation

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 171-174

  Tsuda, Akira ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amnio infusion; Preterm premature rupture of membranes (preterm PROM); Pulmonary hypoplasia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; AMNIOINFUSION; AMNIONITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; LUNG HYPOPLASIA; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0029761258     PISSN: 09396322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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