Obstetric causes for delivery of very-low-birth-weight babies at Tygerberg Hospital

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-64

  Odendaal, E S ^a   Steyn, D W ^a   Odendaal, H J ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTEPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS DISTRESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL MORTALITY; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; TWIN PREGNANCY; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0037244987     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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