Amniotic fluid lamellar body count and its sensitivity and specificity in evaluating of fetal lung maturity

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 257-259

  Khazardoost, S ^a   Yahyazadeh, H ^a   Borna, S ^a   Sohrabvand, F ^a   Yahyazadeh, N ^a   Amini, E ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS LUNG MATURITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LAMELLAR BODY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; PREDICTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ADOLESCENT; AMNION FLUID; CHEMISTRY; FETUS MATURITY; LUNG; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

LUNG SURFACTANT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMNIOTIC FLUID; FEMALE; FETAL ORGAN MATURITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY SURFACTANTS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN;

EID: 26944446224     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443610500060750     Document Type: Article

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