Managing post-term pregnancy

Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 17-18

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Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; PROSTAGLANDIN;

COST; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PROLONGED PREGNANCY; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0030895970     PISSN: 00126543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/dtb.1997.35317     Document Type: Short Survey

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