Fetal fibronectin in vaginal specimens predicts preterm delivery and very- low-birth-weight infants

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 971-974

  Bartnicki, J ^a   Casal, D ^a   Kreaden, U S ^a   Saling, E ^a   Vetter, K ^a  

^a Institute of Perinatal Medicine   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fetal fibronectin; prematurity; very low birth weight

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRONECTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; VAGINA SECRETION;

EID: 0029964363     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(96)70335-6     Document Type: Article

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