Maternal serum dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate levels and successful labor induction

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 771-773

  Maciulla, James ^a   Goolsby, Lynn ^a   Racowsky, Catherine ^a   Reed, Kathryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRASTERONE SULFATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; PREGNANCY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0031959476     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0029-7844(98)00043-x     Document Type: Article

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