Elevation of total nitrite and nitrate concentration in vaginal secretions as a predictor of premature delivery

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 644-645

  Nakatsuka, Mikiya ^a   Habara, Toshihiro ^b   Kamada, Yasuhiko ^b   Tada, Katsuhiko ^b   Kudo, Takafumi ^b  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Nitric oxide; Pregnancy; Premature delivery; Premature rupture of membranes

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITRITE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING; VAGINA SECRETION; VAGINITIS;

EID: 0034037777     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2000.104223     Document Type: Article

References (2)

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