The preterm prediction study fetal fibronectin, bacterial vaginosis, and peripartum infection

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 656-660

  Goldenberg, Robert L ^a,b   Thom, Elizabeth ^a,b   Moawad, Atef H ^a,b   Johnson, Francee ^a,b   Roberts, James ^a,b   Caritis, Steve N ^a,b  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; FEMALE; FETUS MEMBRANE; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINITIS;

ADULT; CERVIX UTERI; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; EXTRAEMBRYONIC MEMBRANES; FEMALE; FIBRONECTINS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MASS SCREENING; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0029939375     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0029-7844(96)00034-s     Document Type: Article

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