Case series of labor induction in twin gestations with an intrauterine balloon catheter

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 244-246

  Manor, Moshe ^a   Blickstein, Isaac ^a   Ben Arie, Alon ^a   Weissman, Ariel ^a   Hagay, Zion ^a  

^a KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Intrauterine balloon catheter; Labor induction; Twins

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS DISTRESS; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLONGED PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWIN PREGNANCY; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; BALLOON DILATATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETAL DISTRESS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LABOR PRESENTATION; LABOR, INDUCED; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TWINS; UTERUS;

EID: 0032978126     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000010114     Document Type: Article

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