The Value of the Leukocyte Esterase Test in Diagnosing Intra-Amniotic Infection

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• Publication year

  1988

• Venue

  American Journal of Perinatology

• Publication date

  1988-01-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1055/s-2007-999657PMID 3337760
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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