American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 194, Issue 4 , Pages 954-960, April 2006

Antepartum vaginal bleeding, fetal exposure to oral pathogens, and risk for preterm birth at <35 weeks of gestation

  • Kim A. Boggess, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
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  • Kevin Moss

      Affiliations

    • Center for Oral and Systemic Diseases, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
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  • Amy Murtha, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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  • Steven Offenbacher, DDS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Oral and Systemic Diseases, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
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  • James D. Beck, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Oral and Systemic Diseases, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

Received 9 December 2005; received in revised form 5 February 2006; accepted 15 February 2006.

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    •  Supported by National Institutes of Health grants K08 HD043284, R01 DE12453 and the University of North Carolina General Clinical Research Center grant RR00046.Presented at the 26th Annual Meeting of the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine, January 30-February 4, 2006, Miami, Florida.Reprints will not be available from the authors.

    PII: S0002-9378(06)00232-8

    doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2006.02.026

    American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
    Volume 194, Issue 4 , Pages 954-960, April 2006