Acta Med. 2009, 52: 117-120

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2016.115

Preterm Premature Rupture of the Membranes and Genital Mycoplasmas

Marian Kacerovskýa, Michal Pavlovskýb, Jindřich Tošnera

aCharles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Hradec Králové, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
bHospital Most, Department of Pathology, Most, Czech Republic

Received June 24, 2009
Accepted September 25, 2009

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