Practicability of using vaginal fluid markers in detecting premature rupture of membranes

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 542-545

  Ni, Chen Yi ^a   Jia, Wang Xue ^a   Yi, Wu Min ^a   Feng, Lu Hai ^a   Yu, Lin Zhi ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

ADULT; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY FLUIDS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERLEUKIN-6; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VAGINA;

EID: 0141852798     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/000456303322326461     Document Type: Article

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