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UAMS Obstetrician Offers Advice on Predicting Preterm Labor

JUNE 7, 2001 | An obstetrician with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will explain a new test that can predict preterm labor in a teleconference for doctors around the state Thurs., June 14.

The program will be open to physicians and other health care providers.

Curtis L. Lowery, M.D., an associate professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the UAMS College of Medicine, will explain the fetal fibronectin (fFN) test, a new procedure that helps doctors identify pregnant women who are likely to go into premature labor. Dr. Lowery is director of the Division of Maternal and Fetal Medicine at UAMS Medical Center.

The fFN test is rapidly becoming the standard procedure for assessing the risk of preterm labor.

The presentation will be 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Room G225 of Education Building III on the UAMS campus. Contact Brenda Campbell (501-686-5847) to register to attend at the UAMS site.

The presentation also will be broadcast via interactive compressed video to many sites in Arkansas. See the list of sites for more information.

The UAMS Office of Continuing Medical Education and United Healthcare are sponsors of the conference.

Links on This Page

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology: http://www.uams.edu/obgyn/obgyn.htm
Education Building III: http://www.uams.edu/images/map7-200.pdf
Continuing Medical Education: http://www.uams.edu/cmefd/cme2.htm
United Healthcare: http://www.unitedhealthcare.com/
List: http://www.uams.edu/today/060701/cme.htm
Brenda Campbell: CampbellBrenda@uams.edu

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