The use of the polymerase chain reaction to detect bacteria in amniotic fluid in pregnancies complicated by preterm labor

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 177, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1471-1477

  Markenson, G R ^a   Martin, R K ^a   Tillotson Criss, M ^a   Foley, K S ^a   Stewart R S , Jr ^a   Yancey, M ^a  

^a ATTN: MCHK PS   (United States)

Author keywords

Interleukin 6; Intraamniotic infection; Polymerase chain reaction; Preterm labor

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031446364     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(97)70093-0     Document Type: Article

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