The utility of clinical tests of eligibility for a trial of labour following a caesarean section: A decision analysis

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 106, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 642-646

  Macones, George A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HYSTERECTOMY; LABOR; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS RUPTURE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRIAL OF LABOR; VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER CESAREAN;

EID: 0033014148     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1999.tb08361.x     Document Type: Article

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