Chronic intrauterine and fetal infection with Gardnerella vaginalis

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 187, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1263-1266

  McDuffie Jr , Robert S ^a   Kunze, Mirjam ^b   Barr, Jane ^b   Wolf, Douglas ^b   Sze, Chun I ^b   Shikes, Robert ^b   Sherman, Michael ^c   Gibbs, Ronald S ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal model; Fetus; Gardnerella vaginalis; Intrauterine infection; Pregnancy; Tumor necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AMNION FLUID; ANIMAL MODEL; BIOASSAY; BRAIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONFERENCE PAPER; FETUS; FETUS LUNG; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HISTOLOGY; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SCORING SYSTEM; UTERUS;

EID: 0036856079     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2002.127129     Document Type: Conference Paper

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