Vaginal delivery compared with caesarean section in early preterm breech delivery: A comparison of long term outcome

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 486-491

  Wolf, Hans ^a   Schaap, Arty H P ^a   Bruinse, Hein W ^b   Smolders De Haas, Hetty ^a   van Ertbruggen, Ingrid ^c   Treffers, Pieter E ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032901519     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1999.tb08303.x     Document Type: Article

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