Current status of amniotic fluid tests of fetal maturity

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 366-386

  Field, Nancy T ^a   Gilbert, William M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALCOHOL; CHOLESTEROL; COCAINE; ETHER; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; PHOSPHOLIPID; PROTEIN; PROTEIN C; SPHINGOMYELIN; SURFACTANT;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; AMNION FLUID; CLINICAL TRIAL; FETUS LUNG MATURITY; FETUS MATURITY; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HYALINE MEMBRANE DISEASE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LAMELLAR BODY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; REVIEW; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; TURBIDITY; VISCOMETER;

AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNIOTIC FLUID; FEMALE; FETAL ORGAN MATURITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LUNG; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PULMONARY SURFACTANTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0030852847     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003081-199706000-00012     Document Type: Review

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