Is fluorescence polarization reliable and cost efficient in a fetal lung maturity cascade?

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 177, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 835-841

  Bonebrake, R G ^a   Towers, C V ^a   Rumney, P J ^a   Reimbold, P ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal pulmonary maturity testing; Pulmonary maturity cascade; Respiratory distress syndrome; TDxFLM test

Indexed keywords

LECTIN; SPHINGOMYELIN;

AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FETUS LUNG MATURATION; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; HYALINE MEMBRANE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME;

EID: 0030665912     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(97)70278-3     Document Type: Article

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