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phosphatidylglycerol/surfactant.total in amniotic fluid; fetal lung maturity assessment, phosphatidylglycerol

Indications: - impending premature delivery Notes: - one of several methods to determine of fetal lung maturity Specimen: - amniotic fluid Method: - immunodiffusion - thin layer chromatography - slide agglutination

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amniotic fluid low birth weight infant (preterm infant) phosphatidylglycerol phosphatidylglycerol in amniotic fluid premature labor; preterm labor

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fetal lung maturity assessment

References

  1. Interpretation of Diagnostic tests, 8th edition, Wallach J, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkens, Philadelphia, 2007
  2. CPT :accession 84081
  3. Teitz Textbook of Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics, 4th edition, Burtis CA, Ashwood ER, Burns DE (eds), Elsevier, St Louis, 2006
  4. Phosphatidylglycerol Laboratory Test Directory ARUP: 80275