Estimation of fetal weight before and after amniotomy in the laboring gravid woman

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 182, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1117-1120

  Blann, David W ^a   Prien, Samuel D ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amniotomy; Birth weight; Clinical estimate; Ultrasonographic estimate

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMNIOTOMY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS WEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABOR; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034039538     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2000.105390     Document Type: Article

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