Association between a shift in vaginal flora on Papanicolaou smear and acute chorioamnionitis and preterm delivery

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 7-9

  Mass, Sharon B ^a   Brennan, John P ^a   Silverman, Neil ^a   Van Hoeven, K H ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; Chorioamnionitis; Papanicolaou smear; Preterm labor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PREDICTION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VAGINA; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0033051092     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199907)21:1<7::AID-DC3>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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