Screening for bacterial vaginosis in high-risk pregnancy: The experience of a developing country

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 483-485

  Darwish, Atef M ^a   Makarem, Mohammad H ^a   Alnashar, Ehab M ^a   Hamadeh, Suha M ^a  

^a ASSIUT UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; Pregnancy; Premature rupture of membranes; Preterm labor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; PH; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINA SECRETION; VAGINITIS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EGYPT; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 18644362160     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0001-6349.2005.00701.x     Document Type: Article

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