Effects of exposure to tobacco smoke in pregnancies complicted by oligohydramnios and premature rupture of the membranes. II. Activity of brush border enzymes in human amniotic fluid

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 275-285

  Milnerowicz, H ^a   Zalewski, J ^a   Milnerowicz Nabzdyk, E ^a   Zaslawski, R ^a   Woyton J ^a  

^a WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Alanine amniopeptidase; Oligohydramnios; PROM; Trehalase; Glutamyltransferase

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LEAD; MICROSOMAL AMINOPEPTIDASE;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BRUSH BORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME RELEASE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PATHOGENESIS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0034768769     PISSN: 12321087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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