Bacterial isolates from patients with preterm labor with and without preterm rupture of the fetal membranes

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 180-194

  Mikamo, H ^a   Sato, Y ^a   Hayasaki, Y ^a   Kawazoe, K ^a   Hua, Y X ^a   Tamaya, T ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; Prediction; Preterm labor; Preterm PROM

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINITIS;

EID: 0032809672     PISSN: 10647449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/S1064744999000320     Document Type: Article

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