Association between raised serum relaxin levels during the eighteenth gestational week and very preterm delivery

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 184, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 390-393

  Vogel, Ida ^a   Salvig, Jannie D ^a   Secher, Niels Jørgen ^a   Uldbjerg, Niels ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Preterm delivery; Preterm, prelabor rupture of membranes; Relaxin

Indexed keywords

RELAXIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CORPUS LUTEUM FUNCTION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS MEMBRANE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

EID: 0035089762     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2001.109395     Document Type: Article

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