Update on assessment of fetal lung maturity

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 535-538

  Ventolini, G ^a,b   Neiger, R ^a   Hood, D ^b   Belcastro, C ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMORBIDITY; EVALUATION; FETUS; FETUS LUNG; FETUS LUNG MATURITY; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; LUNG FUNCTION; MECONIUM; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; BLOOD; FEMALE; FETAL ORGAN MATURITY; HUMANS; LUNG; MECONIUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN DIABETICS; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE;

EID: 31944442397     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443610500227946     Document Type: Review

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