Vaginal indicators of amniotic fluid infection in preterm labor

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 211-219

  Hitti, Jane ^a,b,c   Hillier, Sharon L ^a,b,c   Agnew, Kathy J ^a,b,c   Krohn, Marijane A ^a,b,c   Reisner, Dale P ^a,b,c   Eschenbach, David A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8;

ADULT; AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; AMNIONITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTEROIDES; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LACTOBACILLUS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUTROPHIL; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINITIS;

ADULT; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTERLEUKIN-8; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NEUTROPHILS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0035150682     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(00)01146-7     Document Type: Article

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