Asymptomatic maternal shedding of herpes simplex virus at the onset of labor: Relationship to preterm labor

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 483-488

  Brown, Zane A ^a,b   Benedetti, Jacqueline ^a   Selke, Stacey ^a   Ashley, Rhoda ^a   Watts, D Heather ^a   Corey, Lawrence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENITAL HERPES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS SHEDDING;

EID: 0029990457     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0029-7844(95)00457-2     Document Type: Article

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