Gestational age-specific cutoff levels of TDx-FLM II for the prediction of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 392-396

  Bennasar, Mar ^a   Figueras, Francesc ^a   Palacio, Montse ^a   Bellart, Jordi ^a   Casals, Elena ^a   Figueras, Josep ^b   Coll, Oriol ^a   Gratacós, Eduard ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fetal lung maturity; Gestational age; Respiratory distress syndrome; TDx fetal lung maturity assay

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; DELIVERY; DEVICE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; PREDICTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALBUMINS; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNIOTIC FLUID; FEMALE; FETAL ORGAN MATURITY; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PULMONARY SURFACTANTS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70349747113     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000236152     Document Type: Article

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