The association of bacterial vaginosis and preterm labor

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 104-106

  Nejad, Vida Modares ^a   Shafaie, Shahla ^a  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; SCREENING TEST; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINITIS;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRAN; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTORS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 43749107518     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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