A severe case of pubic symphysis diastasis in pregnancy

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 230-232

  Seth, Sunita ^a,b   Das, Banashree ^a   Salhan, Sudha ^a  

^a SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Diastasis; Pubic symphysis

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLADDER DISEASE; CASE REPORT; EDEMA; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; GAIT; HEART SOUND; HUMAN; LABOR PAIN; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBIC SYMPHYSIS DIASTASIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; STILLBIRTH; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION;

EID: 0037428913     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-2115(02)00221-X     Document Type: Article

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