Amniotic fluid matrix metalloproteinase-9 levels in women with preterm labor and suspected intra-amniotic infection

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-6

  Locksmith, Gregory J ^a   Clark, Penny ^a   Duff, Patrick ^a   Schultz, Gregory S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GELATINASE B;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID; AMNIONITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; MYCOPLASMA; PREMATURE LABOR; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ZYMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AMNIOTIC FLUID; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; COLLAGENASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 9; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033047858     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(99)00011-3     Document Type: Article

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