Obstetric and Gynecologic Implication of Brucellosis in Kuwait

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 196-199

  Makhseed, Ma'asoumah ^a   Harouny, A ^a   Araj, G ^a   Moussa, M A A ^a   Sharma, P ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KUWAIT; MICROBIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; REFERENCE VALUE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INCIDENCE; KUWAIT; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0032062762     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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