Ambulatory management of preterm labor

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 491-502

  Shellhaas, Cynthia S ^a,b   Iams, Jay D ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TERBUTALINE; UTERUS SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

AMBULATORY MONITORING; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION;

AMBULATORY CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE;

EID: 0032406628     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003081-199809000-00005     Document Type: Review

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