Is Amnisure® useful in the management of women with prelabour rupture of the membranes?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 534-538

  Neil, Peter R L ^a   Wallace, Euan M ^b,c  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b Obstetrics and Gynaecology   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

clinical tests; labour; placental alpha macroglobulin 1; preterm

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID;

AMNISURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEIN 1; PREGNANCY;

EID: 78650117742     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2010.01238.x     Document Type: Article

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