Serious fetal intracranial haemorrhage associated with the vacuum extractor

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 436-438

  Indusekhar, R ^a   Oláh, Karl S ^a  

^a WARWICK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMATOMA; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FETAL HEMORRHAGE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM EXTRACTION; VACUUM EXTRACTOR;

EID: 0037386373     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-0528.2003.01128.x     Document Type: Article

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