Lamellar body count in amniotic fluid: A comparative study of four different hematology analyzers

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 994-997

  Szallasi, Arpad ^a   Gronowski, Ann M ^a   Eby, Charles S ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; SPHINGOMYELIN; SURFACTANT;

ADULT; AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; AMNION FLUID CYTOLOGY; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS LUNG MATURATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAMELLAR BODY; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRENATAL SCREENING; STANDARDIZATION;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; FEMALE; FETAL ORGAN MATURITY; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; LUNG; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PULMONARY SURFACTANTS;

EID: 0038697599     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/49.6.994     Document Type: Article

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