Accuracy of the rapid fetal fibronectin TLi system in predicting preterm delivery

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 501-502

  Luzzi, Veronica ^a   Hankins, Kelly ^a   Gronowski, Ann M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN;

ARTICLE; BIRTH; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; PREMATURE LABOR; SYMPTOM; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; FIBRONECTINS; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VAGINA;

EID: 0037371542     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/49.3.501     Document Type: Article

References (3)

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