Strategic utilization of fetal lung maturity tests

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 525-532

  Wong, S S ^a   Schenkel, O ^b   Qutishat, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Laboratorio Weinmann   (Brazil)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

fetal lung maturity; L S ratio; lecithin; lung maturity tests; phosphatidylglycerol; respiratory distress syndrome; sphingomyelin; strategic diagnosis

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; SPHINGOMYELIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FETUS LUNG MATURITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MECONIUM; META ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME;

EID: 0029824112     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365519609088808     Document Type: Article

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