S-relaxin as a predictor of preterm delivery in women with symptoms of preterm labour

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 109, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 977-982

  Vogel, Ida ^a   Glavind Kristensen, Marianne ^a   Thorsen, Poul ^b,c   Armbruster, Franz P ^d   Uldbjerg, Niels ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS   (Denmark)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d IMMUNDIAGNOSTIK AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RELAXIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CALCULATION; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; TIME;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RELAXIN;

EID: 0036754130     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-0328(02)01187-4     Document Type: Article

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