'Cause' of preterm birth in first and second deliveries

Prenatal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 134-137

  Hulsey, T C ^a   Alexander, G R ^b   VanDorsten, P ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Premature rupture of membranes; Preterm birth; Race; Toxemia

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001398869     PISSN: 13598635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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