Cervical immunoglobulin A and altered vaginal flora in pregnant women with threatened preterm delivery

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-41

  Glasow, Simone ^a   Stepan, Holger ^a   Sack, Ulrich ^a   Faber, Renaldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cervical mucus; Immunoglobulin A; Preterm delivery; Vaginal flora

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LABOR COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPHELOMETRY; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS; VAGINA FLORA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CERVIX MUCUS; CERVIX UTERI; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; VAGINA;

EID: 1442276344     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2004.006     Document Type: Article

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