The use of lamellar body counts to predict fetal lung maturity in pregnancies complicated by diabetes mellitus

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 187, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 908-912

  DeRoche, Michael E ^a   Ingardia, Charles J ^a   Guerette, Paula J ^a   Wu, Alan H ^a   LaSala, Christine A ^a   Mandavilli, Srinivas R ^a  

^a HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Fetal lung maturity; Lamellar body count; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; SPHINGOMYELIN;

ACCURACY; AMNION FLUID; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS LUNG MATURATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAMELLAR BODY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; MEASUREMENT; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ROC CURVE; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 0036793567     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2002.127122     Document Type: Conference Paper

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