Controversies in diagnosis of preterm labour

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 112, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages 61-63

  Leitich, Harald ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FETAL FIBRONECTIN; FIBRONECTIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS LUNG MATURATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OBSTETRICS; PREDICTION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RELIABILITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS; VAGINA SECRETION;

FEMALE; FETUS; FIBRONECTINS; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 14644417154     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2005.00587.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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