Obstetric outcome of elderly low-risk nulliparae

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 7-14

  Smit, Y ^a   Scherjon, S A ^a   Knuist, M ^a   Treffers, P E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Elderly nulliparae; Episiotomies; Obstetric outcome; Referral rates

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABOR; MATERNAL AGE; NORMAL HUMAN; NULLIPARA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032191515     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7292(98)00121-0     Document Type: Article

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