How to diagnose preterm labor: A clinical dilemma

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 768-777

  Hayashi, Robert H ^a,b   Mozurkewich, Ellen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRIOL; PYRIDINOLINE;

AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALIVA LEVEL; SCREENING TEST; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

COLLAGEN; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ESTRIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RISK;

EID: 0034458839     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003081-200012000-00007     Document Type: Review

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