Preterm breech babies and randomised trials of rare conditions

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 611-613

  Thornton, J G ^a   Lilford, R J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b W Midlands Reg Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREECH EXTRACTION; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; NOTE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 0029998164     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1996.tb09826.x     Document Type: Note

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