Fetal fibronectin as a predictor of vaginal birth in nulliparas undergoing preinduction cervical ripening

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 980-985

  Sciscione, Anthony ^a   Hoffman, Matthew K ^a   DeLuca, Samantha ^a   O’Shea, Anne ^a   Benson, Jenny ^a   Pollock, Marjorie ^a   Vakili, Babak ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN; OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NULLIPARA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; CERVICAL RIPENING; CERVIX UTERI; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBRONECTINS; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; PARITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; TERM BIRTH; VAGINA;

EID: 27444440385     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000185288.75896.98     Document Type: Article

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