Predicting lung maturity in preterm rupture of membranes via lamellar bodies count from a vaginal pool: a cohort study

• Main Authors: Nachum Zohar (Author), Zafran Noah (Author), Salim Raed (Author), Garmi Gali (Author), Shalev Eliezer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2009-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Amniocentesis is the accepted mode of attaining amniotic fluid to perform tests for fetal lung maturity. The purpose of this study was to validate a non-invasive fetal lung maturity test by counting lamellar bodies from a vaginal poo...