Cervical ripening with prostaglandin gel and hygroscopic dilators

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 18-24

  Hibbard, J U ^a   Shashoua, A ^a   Adamczyk, G ^a   Ismail, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical ripening; Induction of labor; Infectious morbidity; Prostaglandin laminaria

Indexed keywords

PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DEVICE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING;

CERVIX UTERI; CESAREAN SECTION; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; DILATATION; DINOPROSTONE; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LABOR STAGE, FIRST; LABOR, INDUCED; POLYMERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 0031840551     PISSN: 10647449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-0997(1998)6:1<18::AID-IDOG5>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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