A case control study of chorioamniotic infection and histological chorioamnionitis in stillbirth

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Volumn 105, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 329-336

  Folgosa, Elena ^a   Gonzalez, Carlos ^a   Osman, Nafissa B ^b   Hägerstrand, Inga ^c   Bergström, Staffan ^d   Ljungh, Åsa ^e  

^a EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^b MAPUTO CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Mozambique)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

chorioamnionitis; Escherichia coli; preterm birth; stillbirth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 0030933089     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1997.tb00578.x     Document Type: Article

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