Association between lamellar body count and respiratory distress in neonates

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1414-1416

  Bahasadri, Shohreh ^a   Changizi, Nasrin ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FETUS LUNG MATURITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IRAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LAMELLAR BODY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRENATAL SCREENING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMNIOTIC FLUID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL ORGAN MATURITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PULMONARY SURFACTANTS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 26944482696     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 03795284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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