Detection of preterm labor by ambulatory monitoring of uterine activity: A preliminary report

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 1986, Pages 773-778

  Katz, Michael ^a   Gill, Pamela J ^a   Newman, Roger B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOCODYNAMOMETRY; UNITED STATES; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY;

AMBULATORY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR, PREMATURE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PREGNANCY; RECURRENCE; TIME FACTORS; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 0022967595     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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