Recurrent second trimester miscarriage

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 449-453

  Flint, Sarah ^a   Gibb, Donald M F ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ERYTHROMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT ABORTION; REVIEW; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX INCOMPETENCE; VAGINA BLEEDING; VAGINITIS;

EID: 0030447673     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001703-199612000-00011     Document Type: Review

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