Pretern delivery predition: Use of fetal fribonectin in comparison and association with ultrasound measurement of cervical length and clinically evaluated cervical dilatation;Il parto pretermine: Valore predittivo della fibronectina oncofetale correlata alla misurazione ecografica della cervice uterina e alla valutazione clinica ginecologica

Italian Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 81-85

  Driul, L ^a   Cacciaguerra, G ^a   Calcagno, A ^a   Vascotto, L ^a   Pontello, D ^a   Marchesoni, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cervicovaginal fetal fibronectin; Preterm labor; Ultrasound measurements of cervical length

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL LENGTH MEASUREMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; SENSIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING;

EID: 71749106550     PISSN: 11218339     EISSN: 23850868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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