Ureaplasma urealyticum

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 546-551

  Hudson, M M T ^a   Talbot, M D ^a  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8;

CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CONTRACEPTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; MYCOPLASMA; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEROTYPE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; UREAPLASMA INFECTIONS; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0030811905     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462971920767     Document Type: Review

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