Prophylactic cesarean for prenatally diagnosed malformations

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 393-404

  Owen, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESAREAN SECTION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; COST CONTROL; FETUS MALFORMATION; GASTROSCHISIS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; OMPHALOCELE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ABNORMALITIES; ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; CESAREAN SECTION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031860885     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003081-199806000-00021     Document Type: Review

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