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Original Article

Maternal urinary tract infection: is it independently associated with adverse pregnancy outcome?

, , & , MD, PhD
Pages 124-128 | Received 01 Aug 2008, Accepted 15 Sep 2008, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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