Main clinical analyses on amniotic fluid

Acta Biomedica de l'Ateneo Parmense

Volumn 75, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages 14-17

  Barbati, Antonella ^a   Di Renzo, Gian Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amniocentesis; Amniotic fluid; PROM; Pulmonary maturity tests

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOLIPID;

AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FETUS (ANATOMY); FETUS LUNG MATURATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LECITHIN SPHINGOMYELIN RATIO; METHODOLOGY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; STANDARD; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNIOTIC FLUID; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; HUMANS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PRE-EXCITATION SYNDROMES; PREGNANCY; PULMONARY SURFACTANTS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 4043175554     PISSN: 03924203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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