Neonatal outcome when delivery follows a borderline immature lecithin to sphingomyelin ratio

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 157-160

  Burkhart, Amy E ^b   Towers, Craig V ^a,b   Rumney, Pamela J ^a   Lewis, David F ^c  

^a Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology ^*  (United States)

^b Long Beach Memorial Women's Hospital   (United States)

^c WOMAN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; SPHINGOMYELIN;

AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETUS MATURITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LUNG; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNIOTIC FLUID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETAL ORGAN MATURITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LUNG; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPHINGOMYELINS;

EID: 0034169818     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7200331     Document Type: Article

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