Meconium peritonitis: Changes in fetal C-Reactive protein and CA 125 levels in relation to stage of disease

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 289-292

  Ohmichi, Masahide ^a   Kanai, Hiroyuki ^a   Kanzaki, Tohru ^a   Matumoto, Kohichi ^b   Neki, Reiko ^b   Chiba, Yoshihide ^b   Kamata, Shinkichi ^a   Murata, Yuji ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GASTROENTEROLOGY; MEDICAL IMAGING; NEONATAL MONITORING;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CA 125 ANTIGEN;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FETUS HYDROPS; FETUS MALFORMATION; HUMAN; HYDRAMNIOS; INTESTINE PERFORATION; MECONIUM PERITONITIS; PRIMIGRAVIDA;

EID: 0031126664     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.1997.16.4.289     Document Type: Article

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