Amniotic fluid complement c3 as a marker of intra-amniotic infection

Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 72-76

  Elimian, Andrew ^a   Figueroa, Reinaldo ^a   Canterino, Joseph ^a   Verma, Uma ^a   Aguero Rosenfeld, Maria ^a   Tejani, Nergesh ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; GLUCOSE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; AMNIONITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AMNIOTIC FLUID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COMPLEMENT C3; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INFECTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032125262     PISSN: 00297828     EISSN: 15339866     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00006250-199807000-00016     Document Type: Article

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