Sexually transmitted infections in pregnant adolescents: Prevalence and association with maternal and foetal morbidity

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 972-975

  Borges Costa, J ^a,b   Matos, C ^c   Pereira, F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^c Hospital Sta Maria   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; INTERVIEW; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROLOGY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 84864276552     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2011.04194.x     Document Type: Article

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