Uterine electromyography: A critical review

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 169, Issue 6, 1993, Pages 1636-1653

  Devedeux, Dominique ^a   Marque, Catherine ^a   Mansour, Souheil ^a   Germain, Guy ^b   Duchêne, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

^b Institut National de la Santi et de la Recherche Midicale Unité 361 Clinique Universitaire Beaudelocque ^*  (France)

Author keywords

electromyography; propagation; spectral analysis; Uterine activity

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MYOMETRIUM; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY;

ANIMAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; UTERINE CONTRACTION; UTERUS;

EID: 0027144083     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9378(93)90456-S     Document Type: Article

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