Intraamniotic infection in patients with preterm labor and twin pregnancies

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 624-627

  Mazor, Moshe ^a,c   Hershkovitz, Reli ^a   Ghezzi, Fabio ^a,b   Maymon, Eli ^a   Horowitz, Shulamith ^a   Leiberman, Joseph Reuben ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Amniocentesis; Amniotic fluid; Infection; Preterm delivery; Preterm labor; Twin gestations

Indexed keywords

AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWIN PREGNANCY;

EID: 0029743781     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016349609054686     Document Type: Article

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