Stromelysins in placental membranes and amniotic fluid with premature rupture of membranes

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 435-440

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

^a CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; MATRILYSIN; STROMELYSIN; STROMELYSIN 2;

ADULT; AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CHORION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS MEMBRANE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0032774965     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(99)00336-1     Document Type: Article

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