References

Actim Partus publications

Altinkaya O et al. Cervical phosphorylated insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1 in prediction of preterm delivery. Arch Gynecol Obstet (2008) Epub June.

Balic D, Latifagic A, Hudic I. Insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-1 (IGFBP-1) in cervical secretions as a predictor of preterm delivery. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med (2008) 21:297-300.

Bittar R et al. Predicting preterm delivery in asymptomatic patients with prior preterm delivery by measurement of cervical length and phosphorylated insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-1. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol (2007) 29:562-567.

Eroglu D et al. Prediction of preterm delivery among women with threatened preterm labor. Gynecol Obstet Invest (2007) 64:109-116.

Paternoster D M et al. Cervical phIGFBP-1 in the evaluation of the risk of preterm delivery. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand (2007) 86:151-155.

Ting HS et al. Comparison of bedside test kits for prediction of preterm delivery: phosphorylated insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1 (pIGFBP-1) test and fetal fibronectin test. Ann Acad Med Singapore (2007) 36:399-402.

Elizur SE et al. Insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1 detection in preterm labor: evaluation of a bedside test. Am J Perinatol (2005) 22:305-309.

Akercan F et al. Value of cervical phosphorylated insulinlike growth factor binding protein-1 in the prediction of preterm labor. J Reprod Med (2004) 49:368-372.

Kwek K et al. Evaluation of a bedside test for phosphorylated insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1 in preterm labour. Ann Acad Med Singapore (2004) 33:780-783.

Park O-R et al. Usefulness of phosphorylated insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1 for prediction of preterm delivery. Korean J Obstet Gynecol (2003) 46:1378-1383. (In Korean, abstract in English).

Lembet A et al. New rapid bed-side test to predict preterm delivery: phosphorylated insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1 in cervical secretions. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand (2002) 81:706-712.

Kekki M et al. Insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-1 in cervical secretion as a predictor of preterm delivery. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand (2001) 80:546-551.

Shine BK at al. Insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-1 in cervical secretion as a predictor of preterm delivery. Korean J Obstet Gynecol (2001) 44:2250-2256. (In Korean, abstract in English).

Kekki M at al. Insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1 in cervix as a marker of infectious complications in pregnant women with bacterial vaginosis. Lancet (1999) 353:1494.

Nuutila M at al. Phosphorylated isoforms of insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1 in the cervix as a predictor of cervical ripeness. Obstet Gynecol (1999) 94:243-249.

Actim Partus abstracts and posters

Sanchez Martinez M et al. Comparison of ecographic cervical length at two different cut-off points and two biochemical markers as predictors of spontaneous preterm delivery in women admitted because of preterm labor. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol (2006) 28:583-584. Poster abstract in 16th World Congress on Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sept. 3-7, 2006, London, UK.

Turnell R et al. A direct comparison of fetal fibronectin [FFN®] and pIGFBP-1 [actim™ Partus] in the diagnosis of preterm labour [PTL]. Abstract in JOGC  (2005), 17:O-OBS-014.

Bittar R at al. Cervical insulin like growth factor binding protein-1 (phIGFBP-1) in patients at increased risk for preterm delivery: preliminary results. Poster presented in 5 World Congress of Perinatal Medicine, Sept. 23-27, 2001, Barcelona, Spain.

Actim PROM & Actim Partus reviews

Rutanen EM. Insulin-like growth factors in obstetrics. Opin Obstet Gynecol (2000) 12:163-168.