Inaccuracy in cervical dilatation assessment and the progress of labour monitoring

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 199-201

  Letić, Milorad ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; LABOR; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 0037318812     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(02)00358-4     Document Type: Article

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