There is still room for disagreement about vaginal delivery of breech infants at term

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 109, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 967-969

  Van Roosmalen, Jos ^a   Rosendaal, Frits ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREECH EXTRACTION; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NOTE; PEDIATRICIAN; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADOLESCENT; BREECH PRESENTATION; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0036753633     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-0328(02)01705-6     Document Type: Note

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