Intracervical Foley catheter balloon vs. prostaglandin in preinduction cervical ripening

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-27

  Niromanesh, S ^a   Mosavi Jarrahi, A ^a,b   Samkhaniani, F ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cervical ripening; Intracervical Foley catheter; Labor preinduction; Prostaglandin tablet

Indexed keywords

PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNITY WARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TIME; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING;

EID: 0037380907     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7292(02)00392-2     Document Type: Article

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