Adequate vitamin D during pregnancy reduces the risk of premature birth by reducing placental colonization by bacterial vaginosis species

mBio

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Grant, William B ^a  

^a Sunlight Nutr Health Research Ctr   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; VITAMIN D;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; MATERNAL NUTRITION; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK REDUCTION; SIDE EFFECT; VAGINITIS; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; BACTERIUM; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; NOTE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREMATURE BIRTH; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; VITAMIN D;

EID: 79956089502     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00022-11     Document Type: Letter

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