Electrical activity of the human uterus during pregnancy as recorded from the abdominal surface

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 102-111

  Buhimschi, Catalin ^a   Boyle, Mary B ^a   Garfield, Robert E ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABOR; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UTERUS;

EID: 0030957837     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(97)83837-9     Document Type: Article

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