Performance of cervicovaginal fetal fibronectin in a community hospital setting

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 275, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 347-351

  Incerti, Madddalena ^a   Ghidini, Alessandro ^a   Korker, Victoria ^a   Pezzullo, John C ^b  

^a INOVA ALEXANDRIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibronectin; Hospital stay; Preterm delivery

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIRTH WEIGHT; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; FIBRONECTINS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MASS SCREENING; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; VAGINA;

EID: 33947509225     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-006-0267-3     Document Type: Article

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