Primary predictors of preterm labour

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 112, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages 38-47

  Goffinet, François ^a,b  

^a Cochin S Vincent de Paul Hospital ^*  (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; ESTRIOL; FETAL FIBRONECTIN; FIBRONECTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISEASE MARKER; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN CARE; POPULATION BIOLOGY; PREDICTION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINITIS;

EID: 14644415909     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2005.00583.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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