The duration of the third stage of labor is subject to the location of placental implantation

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 14-16

  Lurie, Samuel ^a   Gomel, Andrey ^a   Sadan, Oscar ^a   Ginath, Shimon ^a   Rotmensch, Sigi ^a   Glezerman, Marek ^a  

^a WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Labor abnormalities; Labor, third stage; Placenta; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LABOR; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL RECORD; NORMAL HUMAN; PARITY; PLACENTA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UTERUS; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR STAGE, THIRD; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UTERUS;

EID: 0042925341     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000072325     Document Type: Article

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