Diagnostic accuracy of cervicovaginal interleukin-6 and interleukin-6:albumin ratio as markers of preterm delivery

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1534-1540

  Woodworth, Alison ^a,d   Moore, Jennifer ^b   G'Sell, Christopher ^a   Verdoes, Abraham ^a   Snyder, Jennifer A ^c   Morris, Lee ^c   Wares, Catherine ^c   Grenache, David G ^c   Gronowski, Ann M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; FIBRONECTIN; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PREMATURE LABOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINA SECRETION;

ALBUMINS; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERLEUKIN-6; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VAGINA;

EID: 34547646345     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2006.084798     Document Type: Article

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