Chronic maternal infections during pregnancy

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 747-748

  Strunk, Tobias ^a   Currie, Andrew ^a   Simmer, Karen ^a   Burgner, David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEREBRAL PALSY; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LETTER; MATERNAL INFECTION; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL INFECTION;

CHORIOAMNIONITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREMATURE BIRTH;

EID: 84866599995     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(12)70228-1     Document Type: Letter

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