Meconium-stained amniotic fluid: A risk factor for microbial invasion of the amniotic cavity

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 859-862

  Romero, Roberto ^a   Hanaoka, Shuichi ^a   Mazor, Moshe ^a   Athanassiadis, Apostolos P ^a   Callahan, Robert ^a   Hsu, Yu Chiung ^a   Avila, Cecilia ^a   Nores, Jose ^a   Jimenez, Carlos ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

amniotic fluid; chorioamnionitis; discolored amniotic fluid; intraamniotic infection; Listeria monocytogenes; meconium; parturition; prematurity; Preterm labor; tocolysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MECONIUM; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0026089727     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9378(91)90529-Z     Document Type: Article

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