Will cervicovaginal interleukin-6 combined with fetal fibronectin testing improve the prediction of preterm delivery?

Journal of Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 336-341

  LaShay, Nanette ^a   Gilson, George ^a   Joffe, Gary ^c   Qualls, Clifford ^b   Curet, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c LOVELACE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervicovaginal interleukin 6; Fetal fibronectin; Preterm birth

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PREDICTION; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

CERVIX UTERI; COHORT STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FIBRONECTINS; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERLEUKIN-6; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VAGINA;

EID: 85047696989     PISSN: 10570802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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