Risk of impending preterm delivery associated with the presence of amniotic fluid sludge in women in preterm labor with intact membranes

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 116-121

  Ventura, Walter ^a   Nazario, Conny ^b   Ingar, Jaime ^a   Huertas, Erasmo ^a   Limay, Oscar ^a   Castillo, Walter ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL MATERNO PERINATAL   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid sludge; Preterm delivery; Preterm labor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CERVICAL LENGTH MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS MEMBRANE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK;

EID: 85027921571     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: 14219964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000325461     Document Type: Article

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