Use of Abnormalities in the Friedman Curve as a Predictor of Operative Delivery in Macrosomic Babies

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 381-383

  Hoskins, Iffath Abbasi ^a   Gomez, Jorge L ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR COMPLICATION; MACROSOMIA; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FETAL MACROSOMIA; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032165357     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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