The role of mycoplasmas, ureaplasmas and chlamydiae in the genital tract of women presenting in spontaneous early preterm labour.

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Published in J Med Microbiol on November 01, 1987

Authors

R F Lamont1, D Taylor-Robinson, J S Wigglesworth, P M Furr, R T Evans, M G Elder

Author Affiliations

1: Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Hammersmith Hospital, London.

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