Interleukin-6 bedside testing in women at high risk of preterm birth

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1301-1304

  Vousden, Nicola ^a   Chandiramani, Manju ^a   Seed, Paul ^a   Shennan, Andrew ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

asymptomatic; bedside test; Infection; spontaneous preterm birth

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FETAL WELL BEING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; NEWBORN INFECTION; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS PLACENTAL DELIVERY; VAGINA SECRETION;

ADULT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREMATURE BIRTH; VAGINA;

EID: 80053036131     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2011.558954     Document Type: Article

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