Extending Horizons of Research in Prematurity, Berlin, Germany, September 18-19 1998: Markers of risk for preterm delivery

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 5-20

  Lockwood, Charles J ^a   Kuczynski, Edward ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CYTOKINE; ESTROGEN; FIBRONECTIN; MARKER; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; PROTEINASE; THROMBIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UTEROTONIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; METALLOPROTEINASE;

AMNIONITIS; APOPTOSIS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLEEDING; CHILDBIRTH; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECIDUA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION; MYOMETRIUM; PLACENTA; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; STRESS; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX; ECHOGRAPHY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; REVIEW;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CERVIX UTERI; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; FIBRONECTINS; HUMANS; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032601782     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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