Chlamydia trachomatis infection in prelabour amniorrhexis

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 104, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1091-1093

  Ville, Y ^a   Carroll, S G ^a   Watts, P ^b   Ward, M ^b   Nicolaides, K H ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX;

AMNION; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS;

EID: 0030750866     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1997.tb12074.x     Document Type: Article

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