Amniotic fluid matrix metalloproteinase-8 indicates intra-amniotic infection

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 185, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1232-1238

  Angus, Stanley R ^a,b,c   Segel, Sally Y ^a,b,c   Hsu, Chaur Dong ^a,b,c   Locksmith, Gregory J ^a,b,c   Clark, Penny ^a,b,c   Sammel, Mary D ^a,b,c   Macones, George A ^a,b,c   Strauss III, Jerome F ^a,b,c   Parry, Samuel ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chorioamnionitis; Intra amniotic infection; Matrix metalloproteinase 8; Spontaneous preterm birth

Indexed keywords

NEUTROPHIL COLLAGENASE;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID; AMNIONITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUTROPHIL; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

EID: 0035192564     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2001.118654     Document Type: Conference Paper

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