Stillbirths and intrauterine infection, histologic chorioamnionitis and microbiological findings

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 115-123

  Moyo, S R ^a   Hagerstrand I ^b   Nystrom L ^c   Tswana, S A ^a   Blomberg, J ^d   Bergstrom S ^e   Ljungh, A ^d  

^a UNIV OF ZIMBABWE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Zimbabwe)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Chorioamnionitis; Developing country; Stillbirths; Vasculitis; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FETUS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STILLBIRTH; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VASCULITIS; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0030220585     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0020-7292(96)02705-1     Document Type: Article

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