Comparison of an improved AFP kit with the intra-amniotic PSP dye-injection method in equivocal cases of preterm premature rupture of the fetal membranes

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 307-311

  Yamada, Hideto ^a   Kishida, Tatsuro ^a   Negishi, Hiroaki ^a   Sagawa, Tadashi ^a   Yamaguchi, Masayuki ^a   Sato, Chikara ^a   Nakamura, Itsuro ^a   Sato, Hiroshi ^a   Sakai, Keiichiro ^a   Yamaguchi, Tatsumi ^a   Fujimoto, Seiichiro ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

AFP kit; Intra amniotic dye injection method; Phenol sulfonphthalein (PSP); Premature rupture of membranes

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE;

EID: 19244371268     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.1997.tb00850.x     Document Type: Article

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