Randomized placental and cord blood sampling culture in women with preterm and term labour to detect infection

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 272-275

  Farraj, A A ^a  

^a KING HUSSEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FETUS BLOOD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MICROBIOLOGY; PARITY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PARITY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 0034157694     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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