C-reactive proteins as an indicator of sub-clinical infection in cases of premature rupture of membranes

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 515-516

  Saini, Santosh ^a   Goel, Nidhi ^a   Sharma, Madhu ^a   Arora, B ^a   Garg, Nidhi ^a,b  

^a POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Chorioamnionitis; CRP; PROM

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; NEWBORN; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE;

C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 1142298789     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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