The frequency and clinical significance of intra-amniotic inflammation defined as an elevated amniotic fluid matrix metalloproteinase-8 in patients with preterm labor and low amniotic fluid white blood cell counts
Chan-Wook Park, Bo Hyun Yoon, Sun Min Kim, Joong Shin Park, Jong Kwan Jun
Obstet Gynecol Sci. 2013;56(3):167-175.   Published online 2013 May 16     DOI: https://doi.org/10.5468/ogs.2013.56.3.167
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