Safety and efficacy of stripping of membranes at term

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 115-121

  Gupta, R ^a   Vasishta, K ^a   Sawhney, H ^a   Ray, P ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Induction of labor; Onset of labor; Premature rupture of membranes; Stripping of membranes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOTOMY; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PARITY; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

EID: 0032007936     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7292(97)00249-X     Document Type: Article

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