First-trimester vaginal microbiome diversity: A potential indicator of preterm delivery risk

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Haque, Mohammed Monzoorul ^a   Merchant, Mitali ^a   Kumar, Pinna Nishal ^a   Dutta, Anirban ^a   Mande, Sharmila S ^a  

^a TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENETICS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; VAGINA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICROBIOTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREMATURE BIRTH; VAGINA;

EID: 85034832756     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-16352-y     Document Type: Article

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