The preterm prediction study fetal fibronectin testing and spontaneous preterm birth

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 643-648

  Goldenberg, Robert L ^a,b   Mercer, Brian M ^a,b   Meis, Paul L ^a,b   Copper, Rachel L ^a,b   Das, Anita ^a,b   Mcnellis, Donald ^a,b  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 0029867331     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0029-7844(96)00035-X     Document Type: Article

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