Interpretation of amniotic fluid white blood cell count in “bloody tap” amniocenteses in women with symptoms of preterm labor

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 344-354

  Abdel Razeq, Sonya S ^a   Buhimschi, Irina A ^a   Bahtiyar, Mert O ^a   Rosenberg, Victor A ^a   Dulay, Antonette T ^a   Han, Christina S ^a   Werner, Erika F ^a   Thung, Stephen ^a   Buhimschi, Catalin S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNIOTIC FLUID; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77955165209     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181e8fec6     Document Type: Article

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