MMP/TIMP imbalance in amniotic fluid during PROM: An indirect support for endogenous pathway to membrane rupture

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 362-368

  Fortunato, Stephen J ^a,b   Menon, Ramkumar ^a,b,c   Lombardi, Salvatore J ^a  

^a Maternal Fetal Group   (United States)

^b Perinatal Research Center   (United States)

^c AQUINAS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid; Gelatinases; Imbalance; Premature rupture of membranes; Preterm labor; Timps

Indexed keywords

GELATINASE; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 1; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 2;

AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZYMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032741989     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.1999.049     Document Type: Article

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