Amniotic fluid lamellar body count: cost-effective screening for fetal lung maturity

Obstet Gynecol. 1999 Sep;94(3):481-2.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Amniotic Fluid* / chemistry
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis
  • Fetal Organ Maturity
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Lung / embryology*
  • Phosphatidylcholines / analysis
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / epidemiology
  • Sphingomyelins / analysis

Substances

  • Phosphatidylcholines
  • Sphingomyelins