Brief report: Prediction of preterm delivery based on maternal plasma urocortin

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4734-4737

  Florio, Pasquale ^a   Linton, Elizabeth A ^b   Torricelli, Michela ^a   Faldini, Elisa ^a   Reis, Fernando M ^a   Imperatore, Alberto ^a   Calonaci, Giulia ^a   Picciolini, Enrico ^a   Petraglia, Felice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; UROCORTIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL PLASMA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OBSTETRIC CARE; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; BLOOD; CAUCASIAN; NEGRO; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; ROC CURVE;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; ROC CURVE; UROCORTINS;

EID: 36849093467     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2007-0457     Document Type: Article

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