Improved management in threatened preterm labour with rapid fetal fibronectin testing

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 240-241

  Parry, Emma ^a   Singh, Thakur Geeta ^b   Dow, David ^c   Noova, Fiona ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b DUNEDIN HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c WHANGAREI HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Fetal fibronectin; Length of stay; Premature birth; Preterm birth

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MONITORING; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MATERNAL CARE; NEW ZEALAND; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

FEMALE; FIBRONECTINS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; NEW ZEALAND; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33745951465     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2006.00566.x     Document Type: Article

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