Accuracy of the tdx-flm assay of amniotic fluid: A comparison of vaginal pool samples with amniocentesis

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 374-377

  Cleary Goldman, J ^a   Connolly, T ^b   Chelmow, D ^b   Malone, F ^a  

^a New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal lung maturity; PPROM; Preterm premature rupture of membranes; TDx FLM fluorescence polarization; Vaginal pool sample

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION IMMUNOASSAY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STUDENT T TEST; VAGINA; AMNION FLUID; BODY FLUID; CHEMISTRY; FETUS MATURITY; LUNG; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNIOTIC FLUID; BODY FLUIDS; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; FETAL ORGAN MATURITY; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION IMMUNOASSAY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LUNG; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VAGINA;

EID: 0036022658     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/jmf.11.6.374.377     Document Type: Article

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