Prediction of preterm delivery by combined use of simple clinical tests

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 70-73

  Arinami, Yoshinari ^a,b   Hasegawa, Isao ^a   Takakuwa, Koichi ^a   Tanaka, Kenichi ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Department of Internal Medicine   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical length; Granulocyte elastase; Nipple stimulation test; Oncofetal fibronectin; Preterm delivery

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN; GRANULOCYTE ENZYME; ONCOFETAL ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; NIPPLE; PARITY; PREDICTION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERINE ENDOCERVIX; UTERUS CONTRACTION; VAGINA SECRETION;

CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; FIBRONECTINS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE; NIPPLES; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CONTRACTION; VAGINA;

EID: 0033035081     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767059909052046     Document Type: Article

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