Ambulatory management of multiple gestation

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 564-583

  Gall, Stanley A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETAMETHASONE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; FOLIC ACID; INDOMETACIN; IRON; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; PROTIRELIN; UTERUS SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS LUNG MATURATION; FETUS RISK; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC RISK; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MATERNAL AGE; META ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PLACENTA; PREECLAMPSIA; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; REVIEW; TWIN PREGNANCY; UTERUS RUPTURE; WELLBEING;

AMBULATORY CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PRENATAL CARE;

EID: 0032421345     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003081-199809000-00012     Document Type: Review

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