Diagnostic validity of cervicovaginal human chorionic gonadotrophin at 26-36 weeks of gestation as a biochemical predictor of preterm birth

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1121-1128

  Ibrahim, Moustafa I ^a   Harb, Hesham M ^a   Ellaithy, Mohamed I ^a   Awad, Ezz M ^b  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Abnoub Central Hospital   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cervicovaginal human chorionic gonadotrophin; Preterm birth; Preterm labor

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VAGINAL SECRETION; VALIDITY;

ADULT; BODILY SECRETIONS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VAGINAL SMEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880307417     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jog.12044     Document Type: Article

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