Maternal and perinatal outcome of pregnancies after the age of 45

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 27-30

  Abu Heija, Adel T ^a,b   Jallad, Mohammad F ^a   Abukteish, Faisal ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b NONE   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Advanced maternal age; Foetal outcome; Jordan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETUS MORTALITY; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; JORDAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; PLACENTA PREVIA; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVALENCE; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE;

EID: 0034055441     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2000.tb01196.x     Document Type: Article

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