Determination of Lamellar Body Phospholipids in Amniotic Fluid: A Method to Predict when the Fetal Lung Becomes Mature
- 1 January 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation
- Vol. 21 (2) , 64-69
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000298930
Abstract
Lamellar body material was isolated by highspeed centrifugation from the amniotic fluids of 10 mildly diseased patients followed longitudinally and of 60 other women. Three stages of development wereKeywords
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