Induction of labour for post term pregnancy: An observational study

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 275-280

  Parry, Emma ^a   Parry, David ^a   Pattison, Neil ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c DEPARTMENT OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; PROSTAGLANDIN;

ARTICLE; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MONITORING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; NULLIPARA; PARITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLONGED PREGNANCY; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 0031688093     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.1998.tb03065.x     Document Type: Article

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