Erratum: Characteristics and pregnancy outcomes of pregnant women asymptomatic for bacterial vaginosis (Maternal and Child Health Journal DOI 10.1007/s10995-007-0239-7);Characteristics and pregnancy outcomes of pregnant women asymptomatic for bacterial vaginosis

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 216-222

  Nelson, Deborah B ^a,b   Bellamy, Scarlett ^c   Nachamkin, Irving ^d   Ruffin, Althea ^c   Allen Taylor, Lynne ^c   Friedenberg, Frank K ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; Pregnancy; Vaginal symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTEROIDES; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GARDNERELLA; GESTATION PERIOD; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LACTOBACILLUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MOBILUNCUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STRESS; SYMPTOM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VAGINA BLEEDING; VAGINA SMEAR; VAGINITIS;

EID: 38549179343     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-007-0306-0     Document Type: Erratum

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