Role of vaginal infection in fetal and neonatal mortality;Ruolo delle infezioni vaginali nella mortalità fetale e neonatale

Minerva Ginecologica

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-30

  Di Vico, A ^a   Donati, L ^a   Labianca, A ^a   Quagliozzi, L ^a   Spagnuolo, T ^a   Bracaglia, M ^a   Nucci, M ^a   Caruso, A ^a   Paradisi, G ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Infant, low birth weight; Premature birth; Vaginitis; Vaginosis, bacterial

Indexed keywords

CHORIOAMNIONITIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOMETRITIS; FETUS MORTALITY; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; VAGINITIS;

FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 79955763796     PISSN: 00264784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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