Estimation of the incidence of bacterial vaginosis and other vaginal infections and its consequences on maternal/fetal outcome in pregnant women attending an antenatal clinic in a tertiary care hospital in North India

Indian Journal of Community Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 285-289

  Lata, Indu ^a   Pradeep, Yashodhara ^b   Sujata, S ^b   Jain, Amita ^b  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; other vaginal infection; pregnancy outcome; UTI

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955320874     PISSN: 09700218     EISSN: 19983581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0218.66855     Document Type: Article

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