Can fetal-pelvic disproportion be predicted

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 247-264

  Ferguson II, J E ^a,b   Sistrom, C L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FETUS RISK; LABOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIMETRY; PELVIS; ULTRASOUND; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PELVIMETRY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033923988     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003081-200006000-00004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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