Is macrosomia predictable, and are shoulder dystocia and birth trauma preventable?

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 526-529

  Gonen, Ron ^a   Spiegel, Doron ^a   Abend, Martha ^a  

^a BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH INJURY; CESAREAN SECTION; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DYSTOCIA; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS WEIGHT; HUMAN; INFANT; MACROSOMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PREDICTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER DISLOCATION; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 0029840601     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0029-7844(96)00230-X     Document Type: Article

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