Maternal metabolic profiling to assess fetal gestational age and predict preterm delivery: a two-centre retrospective cohort study in the US

Objectives The aim of this study was to develop a single blood test that could determine gestational age and estimate the risk of preterm birth by measuring serum metabolites. We hypothesised that serial metabolic modelling of serum analytes throughout pregnancy could be used to describe fetal gesta...

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Main Authors: David K Stevenson, Karl G Sylvester, Jin You, Le Zheng, Xiaoming Yao, Lihong Mo, Subhashini Ladella, Ronald J Wong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020-12-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/12/e040647.full

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