Prenatal syphilis infection is a possible cause of preterm delivery among immigrant women from eastern Europe

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 102-105

  Tridapalli, E ^a,b   Capretti, M G ^b   Sambri, V ^b   Marangoni, A ^b   Moroni, A ^b   D'Antuono, A ^b   Bacchi, M L ^b   Faldella, G ^b  

^a Istituto Clinico di Pediatria Preventiva e Neonatologia   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFANT; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAGIN TEST; SEROPREVALENCE; SYPHILIS; URBAN AREA; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPE, EASTERN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; SYPHILIS, CONGENITAL;

EID: 34248149447     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2006.021352     Document Type: Article

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