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3:4 BENZPYRENE‐INDUCED IN VITRO FLUORESCENCE OF FETAL CELL LIPIDS IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF RUPTURED MEMBRANES
Author(s) -
Montanari G. D.,
Grismondi G. L.,
Zanoio L.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1970.tb03494.x
Subject(s) - membrane , in vitro , fetus , fluorescence , cell , amniotic fluid , chemistry , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , medicine , biochemistry , pregnancy , optics , physics , genetics
Summary 3 : 4‐benzpyrene‐induced in vitro fluorescence of fetal cell lipids was used in the diagnosis of ruptured membranes. The technique and the characteristic appearance of fetal squames displaying a silvery, bluish‐white fluorescence were described. The diagnostic accuracy of the method is fairly good: there was one false positive result in 134 patients with intact membranes and one false negative result in 62 samples of amniotic fluid.