Monitoring women at risk for preterm labor

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 338, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 15-19

  Dyson, Donald C ^a,b   Danbe, Karen H ^a   Bamber, Judith A ^a   Crites, Yvonne M ^a   Field, D Robin ^a   Maier, Jeffrey A ^a   Newman, Lawrence A ^a   Ray, Deborah A ^a   Walton, David L ^a   Armstrong, Mary Anne ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ADULT; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; OFFICE VISITS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PRENATAL CARE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOCOLYTIC AGENTS; UTERINE MONITORING;

EID: 0031985652     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199801013380103     Document Type: Article

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