Value of serum urocortin concentration in the prediction of preterm birth

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 26-30

  Kashanian, Maryam ^a   Bahasadri, Shohreh ^a   Ghasemi, Afsaneh ^a   Bathaee, Saeedesadat ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Plasma urocortin; Pregnancy; Preterm birth; Preterm delivery; Preterm labor

Indexed keywords

UROCORTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UROCORTIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UROCORTINS;

EID: 84875741190     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2012.01887.x     Document Type: Article

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