Maternal serum dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate levels and the efficiency of labor in young nulliparas

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 56-59

  Goolsby, Lynn ^a   Schlecht, Kerry ^a   Racowsky, Catherine ^a   Gelety, Timothy ^a   Reed, Kathryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRASTERONE SULFATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION;

EID: 0029949989     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0029-7844(96)00081-6     Document Type: Article

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