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Composition of Vaginal Microflora in Relation to Vaginal pH and Wet Mount Diagnostic Tests in the First Trimester of Pregnancy Cover

Composition of Vaginal Microflora in Relation to Vaginal pH and Wet Mount Diagnostic Tests in the First Trimester of Pregnancy

Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. Section B. Natural, Exact, and Applied Sciences.
Volume 67 (2013): Issue 6 (December 2013)
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|Jul 2014
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/prolas-2013-0085 | Journal eISSN: 2255-890X (formerly 1407-009X) | Journal ISSN: 1407-009X
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Language: English, Latvian
Page range: 478 - 484
Submitted on: Mar 17, 2013
Published on: Jul 17, 2014
Published by: Latvian Academy of Sciences
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
vaginal pH,
wet mount,
abnormal vaginal microflora,
pregnancy
Related subjects:
Mathematics,
General mathematics

© 2014 Jana Žodžika, Dace Rezeberga, Gilbert Donders, Natālija Vedmedovska, Olga Vasina, Ināra Pundure, Ruta Bite, Žanna Pavlova, Oksana Zīle, published by Latvian Academy of Sciences
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