Vaginal microflora associated with bacterial vaginosis in Japanese and Thai pregnant women

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 748-752

  Watanabe, Kunitomo ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; SIALIDASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LACTOBACILLUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOBILUNCUS; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PORPHYROMONAS; PREVOTELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THAILAND; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINITIS;

EID: 19244363598     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/23.4.748     Document Type: Article

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