Maternal blood c-reactive protein, white blood cell count, and temperature in preterm labor a comparison with amniotic fluid white blood cell count

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 231-237

  Yoon, Bo Hyun ^a,b   Yang, Soon Ha ^a,b   Jun, Jong Kwan ^a,b   Park, Kyo Hoon ^a,b   Kim, Chong Jai ^a,b   Romero, Roberto ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BLOOD; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0343371826     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00006250-199602000-00015     Document Type: Article

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