Seminars in Fetal & Neonatal Medicine
Volume 14, Issue 4 , Pages 182-189 , August 2009

Infection and stillbirth

  • Elizabeth M. McClure

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, UNC Global School of Public Health, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • Robert L. Goldenberg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology, Drexel University College of Medicine, 245 N. 15th Street, 17th Floor, Room 17113, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA

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doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2009.02.003

Seminars in Fetal & Neonatal Medicine
Volume 14, Issue 4 , Pages 182-189 , August 2009

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