Poor perinatal outcome associated with retained cerclage in patients with premature rupture of membranes

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 1994, Pages 823-826

  Ludmir, Jack ^a,b   Bader, Thomas ^a,b   Chen, Linda ^a,b   Lindenbaum, Connie ^a,b   Wong, Geoffrey ^a,b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CERVIX UTERI; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0028037504     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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