Amniotic fluid: Not just fetal urine anymore

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 341-348

  Underwood, Mark A ^a   Gilbert, William M ^a   Sherman, Michael P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; ELECTROLYTE; ENZYME; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; ERYTHROPOIETIN; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HORMONE; LACTIC ACID; LIPID; PROTEIN; PYRUVIC ACID; SOMATOMEDIN C; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; VASCULOTROPIN;

AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS MEMBRANE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; MECONIUM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; URINE;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; POLYHYDRAMNIOS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 18444382351     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211290     Document Type: Article

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