A new predictor of cephalopelvic disproportion?

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-29

  Connolly, Geraldine ^a,b   Naidoo, C ^a   Conroy, R M ^a   Byrne, P ^a   McKenna, P ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b ROTUNDA HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CEPHALOPELVIC DISPROPORTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FATHER; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; LABOR COMPLICATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MOTHER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHOE;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0037255478     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144361021000043173     Document Type: Article

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