The biophysical/biochemical test: A new marker of fetal lung maturity in borderline cases

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 611-615

  Piazze, Juan J ^a   Anceschi, Maurizio M ^a,b   Maranghi, Luca ^a   Porpora, Maria G ^a   Cosmi, Ermelando V ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fetal organ maturity; Prenatal diagnosis; Respiratory distress syndrome

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL;

AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; COULTER COUNTER; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FETUS LUNG MATURITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LECITHIN SPHINGOMYELIN RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PREDICTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; WHOLE BODY COUNTER;

AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNIOTIC FLUID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; FETAL ORGAN MATURITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPHINGOMYELINS;

EID: 0032798147     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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