A randomized controlled trial of membrane stripping at term to promote labor

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 767-770

  Wiriyasirivaj, Buds Aba ^a   Vutyavanich, Teraporn ^a   Ruangsri, Rung Aroon ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOTOMY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

EID: 0029867333     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0029-7844(96)00015-4     Document Type: Article

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