Vaginitis, cervicitis, and cervical length in pregnancy

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 964-967

  Boomgaard, Jantien J ^a   Dekker, Karin S ^a   Van Rensburg, Elsabet ^a   Van Den Berg, Corlia ^a   Niemand, Illise ^a   Bam, Roosmarie H ^a   Cronjé, Hendrik S ^a  

^a Dept of Obstetrics and Gynaecology ^*

Author keywords

Cervical length; Cervicitis; Pregnancy; Vaginal infection; Vaginitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UTERINE CERVICITIS; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINITIS;

EID: 0032740764     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(99)70333-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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