A comparison of speculum and nonspeculum collection of cervicovaginal specimens for fetal fibronectin testing

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 131.e1-131.e4

  Stafford, Irene P ^a   Garite, Thomas J ^b   Dildy, Gary A ^a   Colon Lucach, Alfredo ^e   Williams, Catherine A ^c   Bobritchi, Becky ^c   Lapointe, Jerome ^c   Bloch, Daniel A ^d  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Cytyc Corporation   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

collection; fetal fibronectin; nonspeculum; speculum

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FETUS MONITORING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KAPPA STATISTICS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NONSPECULUM COLLECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLE SIZE; SPECULUM COLLECTION; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

EID: 47949129461     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2008.02.013     Document Type: Article

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