Management of premature rupture of membranes at term: An evidence-based approach

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 749-756

  Mozurkewich, Ellen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN INFECTION; ONSET AGE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; REVIEW;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS; OXYTOCIN; PREGNANCY; PROSTAGLANDINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033377055     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003081-199912000-00004     Document Type: Review

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