The accuracy of various tests for bacterial vaginosis in predicting preterm birth: A systematic review

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 409-422

  Honest, Honest ^a   Bachmann, Lucas M ^a,b   Knox, Ellen M ^c   Gupta, Janesh K ^a   Kleijnen, Jos ^d   Khan, Khalid S ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c West Midlands Perinatal Institute   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GARDNERELLA; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; META ANALYSIS; PH MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINA SMEAR; VAGINITIS;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 2442583485     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2004.00124.x     Document Type: Review

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