Fetal origin of amniotic fluid polymorphonuclear leukocytes

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 176, Issue 1 I, 1997, Pages 77-81

  Sampson, Jone E ^a,b   Theve, Robert P ^a,b   Blatman, Robert N ^a,b   Shipp, Thomas D ^a,b   Blanchi, D W ^a,b   Ward, Brian E ^a,b   Jack, Richard M ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chorioamnionitis; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Polymorphonuclear leukocytes

Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; SCINTISCANNING;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUTROPHILS;

EID: 0030640820     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(97)80015-4     Document Type: Article

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