Serum markers for prediction of spontaneous preterm delivery in preterm labour

European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 773-780

  Kim, Min A ^a   Lee, Byung Seok ^a   Park, Yong Won ^a   Seo, Kyung ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cervix length; Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio; Preterm delivery; Serum marker

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CERVICAL LENGTH MEASUREMENT; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUTROPHIL; NEUTROPHIL TO LYMPHOCYTE RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CERVICAL LENGTH MEASUREMENT; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79958720437     PISSN: 00142972     EISSN: 13652362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2362.2011.02469.x     Document Type: Article

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