Intravaginal clindamycin to reduce preterm birth in women with abnormal genital tract flora

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 516-522

  Lamont, Ronald F ^a   Duncan, Sheila L B ^b   Mandal, Debashis ^b   Bassett, Paul ^b  

^a ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BABY; BACTERIAL FLORA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VAGINA SECRETION;

EID: 0037337157     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(02)03054-5     Document Type: Article

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