Preterm labour - Is Mycoplasma hominis involved?

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 235-237

  Odendaal, H J ^a   Popov, I ^a   Schoeman, J ^a   Grove D ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILDBIRTH; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERINATAL DEATH; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIMIGRAVIDA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECOND TRIMESTER ABORTION; SOUTH AFRICA; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; VAGINA SMEAR; VAGINITIS;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRAVIDITY; HUMANS; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036262769     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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