Cervical light-induced fluorescence in humans decreases throughout gestation and before delivery: Preliminary observations

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 537-541

  Maul, Holger ^a   Olson, Gayle ^a   Fittkow, Cordula T ^b   Saade, George R ^a   Garfield, Robert E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical ripening; Labor; Light induced fluorescence

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDENT T TEST; UTERINE CERVIX;

EID: 0037330422     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2003.94     Document Type: Article

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