Obstetric outcome of teenage pregnancies

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 3228-3232

  Lao, T T ^a   Ho, L F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b TSAN YUK HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Caesarean; Delivery; Instrumental; Pregnancy; Teenage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CESAREAN SECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; LABOR; MACROSOMIA; NORMAL HUMAN; NULLIPARA; PREMATURE LABOR; PUERPERIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT;

EID: 0031753577     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.11.3228     Document Type: Article

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