Route of delivery of fetuses with structural anomalies

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-9

  Anteby, Eyal Y ^a   Yagel, Simcha ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Delivery; Fetus; Malformations

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BREECH EXTRACTION; CESAREAN SECTION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CYSTIC LYMPHANGIOMA; DELIVERY; GASTROSCHISIS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LYMPHANGIOMA; MALPRESENTATION; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OMPHALOCELE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SACROCOCCYX TERATOMA; TUMOR VOLUME; VAGINAL DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETUS; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; STATISTICS;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR PRESENTATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0037427603     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-2115(02)00033-7     Document Type: Review

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