Limits of fetal viability and its repercussions on obstetric management;Grenzen der fetalen lebensfahigkeit und konsequenzen fur das geburtshilfliche management

Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 20-25

  Ahner, Regine ^a,b   Kohlhauser, Chr ^a,b   Bikas, D ^a,b   Rabl, M ^a,b   Langer, M ^a,b   Pollak, A ^a,b   Husslein, P ^a,b  

^a Zentrum für Lehre U Internationale Postgraduelle Fortbildung in der Frauenheilkunde   (Austria)

^b Universitatsklinik fur Kinder und Jugendheilkunde Graz   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORTALITY; OBSTETRIC CARE; PREMATURITY; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033972841     PISSN: 00165751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2000-9769     Document Type: Article

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