Serum ferritin: A predictor of early spontaneous preterm delivery

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 360-365

  Tamura, Tsunenobu ^a   Goldenberg, Robert L ^a   Johnston, Kelley E ^a   Cliver, Suzanne P ^a   Hickey, Carol A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CERULOPLASMIN; COPPER; FERRITIN; IRON; IRON BINDING PROTEIN; PREALBUMIN; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

EID: 0029912220     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0029-7844(95)00437-8     Document Type: Article

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