Human chorionic gonadotropin in cervicovaginal secretions as a predictor of preterm birth

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 202-207

  Rengaraj, Gayathri ^a   Guleria, Kiran ^a,b   Suneja, Amita ^a   Gambhir, Jasvinder K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Cervicovaginal secretions; HCG; Preterm birth

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS;

ADULT; BODILY SECRETIONS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREMATURE BIRTH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VAGINAL DISCHARGE;

EID: 58149360472     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000189917     Document Type: Article

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