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Vaginal Secretion Epithelium Count as a Prognostic Indicator of High Abundance of Ureaplasmas in Women with a Normal Nugent Score Cover

Vaginal Secretion Epithelium Count as a Prognostic Indicator of High Abundance of Ureaplasmas in Women with a Normal Nugent Score

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|Feb 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.33073/pjm-2022-001 | Journal eISSN: 2544-4646 | Journal ISSN: 1733-1331
Language: English
Page range: 19 - 26
Submitted on: Jul 1, 2021
Accepted on: Dec 7, 2021
Published on: Feb 27, 2022
Published by: Polish Society of Microbiologists
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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