Bacterial vaginosis in a cohort of Danish pregnant women: Prevalence and relationship with preterm delivery, low birthweight and perinatal infections

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1419-1425

  Svare, J A ^a   Schmidt, H ^b   Hansen, B B ^a   Lose, G ^a  

^a GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; Preterm delivery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMEAR; SMOKING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VAGINA; VAGINITIS;

COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 33750953990     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2006.01087.x     Document Type: Article

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