Placental Blood Sampling: An Aid to the Diagnosis of Neonatal Sepsis

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 135-137

  Herson, Victor C ^a   Block, Charlotte ^a   McLaughlin, James C ^b,c   Tetreault, Janice ^b   Eisenfeld, Leonard I ^a   Krause, Peter J ^a  

^a Farmington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS BLOOD; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; VASCULARIZATION;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MALE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS;

EID: 0032016784     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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