Current concepts on the pathogenesis and markers of preterm births

Clinics in Perinatology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 263-283

  Lu, George C ^a   Goldenberg, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTAGLANDIN;

AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; DISEASE MARKER; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MEDIATOR RELEASE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PATHOGENESIS; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0034120701     PISSN: 00955108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0095-5108(05)70021-X     Document Type: Article

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