Relationship of gestational age and cervical dilation to the timing of delivery

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 233-237

  Guinn, D A ^a   Goldenberg, R L ^a   Cliver, S P ^a   Owen, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Preterm delivery; Steroids; Tocolysis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; RITODRINE; TERBUTALINE; UTERUS SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETUS MEMBRANE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; TOCOLYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION;

EID: 0032955490     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7292(98)00229-X     Document Type: Article

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