1. BACTERIAL VAGINOSIS AND CERVICAL DILATION AND EFFACEMENT AT 24-29 WEEKS' GESTATION
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Katherine E Hartmann, John M. Thorp, Lisa M. Pastore, David A. Savitz, Rachel A. Royce, and Tracy P. Jackson
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Sexually transmitted disease ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Pregnancy Trimester, Third ,Cervical dilation ,Cervix Uteri ,Obstetric Labor, Premature ,Pregnancy ,Risk Factors ,medicine ,Humans ,Pregnancy Complications, Infectious ,Cervix ,Gynecology ,Obstetrics ,business.industry ,Obstetrics and Gynecology ,Vaginosis, Bacterial ,medicine.disease ,Cervical effacement ,Cervical Change ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Vagina ,Gestation ,Female ,Bacterial vaginosis ,business - Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between bacterial vaginosis (BV) and cervical dilation and effacement, as measures of impending preterm delivery. The Pregnancy, Infection, and Nutrition Study collected genital tract specimens and documented cervical change from 807 eligible women between 24 and 29 weeks' gestation. BV was assessed with Nugent-scored vaginal smears, and analyzed in relation to cervical measurements. At 24-29 weeks' gestation
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- 2000
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