Fetal lung maturity indices - A plea for gestational age-specific interpretation: A case report and discussion

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 187, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1721-1722

  Pinette, Michael G ^a,b   Blackstone, Jacquelyn ^a   Wax, Joseph R ^a   Cartin, Angelina ^a  

^a MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MMC OB GYN Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal lung maturity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS LUNG MATURATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0036919128     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2002.128089     Document Type: Article

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