Extreme torsion of the pregnant uterus

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 360-363

  Mustafa, Mohammed Siddiq ^a   Shakeel, F ^a   Sporrong, B ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREECH PRESENTATION; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORSION; UTERUS;

EID: 0032874174     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.1999.tb03416.x     Document Type: Article

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