Bacterial vaginosis and vaginal anaerobes in preterm labour

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 102, Issue 10, 2004, Pages

  Goyal, Renu ^a   Sharma, Poonam ^a   Kaur, Iqbal ^a   Aggarwal, Neera ^a,b   Talwar, Vibha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Department of Obstetrics ^*

Author keywords

Anaerobes; Bacterial vaginosis; Pregnancy outcome; Preterm labour

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DISEASE; MICROSCOPY; PREMATURE LABOR; PREVALENCE; VAGINITIS;

EID: 19944428050     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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