Serial serum ferritin estimation in pregnant women at risk of preterm labor

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 129-132

  Goel, Anupam ^b   Jain, Vanita ^a   Gupta, Indu ^b   Varma, Neelam ^b  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ferritin concentration; Preterm labor

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FERRITINS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 0037300809     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0412.2003.00067.x     Document Type: Article

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