Current obstetrical practice and umbilical cord prolapse

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 479-484

  Usta, Ihab M ^a,b   Mercer, Brian M ^a   Sibai, Baha M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Cord prolapse; Obstetrical intervention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMNIOTOMY; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYALINE MEMBRANE DISEASE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN SEPSIS; OBSTETRIC CARE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 0033498145     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-1999-6809     Document Type: Article

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