Fetal fibronectin, endotoxin, bacterial vaginosis and cervical length as predictors of preterm birth and neonatal morbidity in twin pregnancies

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 104, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1398-1404

  Wennerholm, U B ^a   Holm, B ^b   Mattsby Baltzer, I ^a   Nielsen, T ^b   Platz Christensen, J ^a   Sundell, G ^b   Hosseini, N ^a   Hagberg, H ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; FIBRONECTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN; TWIN PREGNANCY; ULTRASOUND; VAGINITIS;

ADULT; CERVIX UTERI; ENDOTOXINS; FEMALE; FIBRONECTINS; FORECASTING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TWINS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0030712339     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1997.tb11010.x     Document Type: Article

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