Maternal serum corticotropin-releasing hormone and ACTH levels as predictive markers of premature labor

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 115-119

  Makrigiannakis, A ^a   Semmler, M ^b   Briese, V ^b   Eckerle, H ^b   Minas, V ^a   Mylonas, I ^c   Friese, K ^c   Jeschke, U ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

ACTH; CRH; Preterm labor

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BLOOD; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 34247135482     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2007.01.007     Document Type: Article

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