A comparative study of the diagnostic performance of amniotic fluid glucose, white blood cell count, interleukin-6, and Gram stain in the detection of microbial invasion in patients with preterm premature rupture of membranes
- 1 October 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Vol. 169 (4) , 839-851
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0002-9378(93)90014-a
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