Labor Does Not Affect the Neonatal Absolute Nucleated Red Blood Cell Count

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 367-371

  Sheffer Mimouni, Galit ^b   Mimouni, Francis B ^a   Lubetzky, Ronit ^a   Kupferminc, Michael ^b   Deutsch, Verda ^c   Dollberg, Shaul ^a  

^a LIS MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fetal hypoxia; Labor; Nucleated red blood cells

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CESAREAN SECTION; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VENOUS BLOOD;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0344875664     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-45285     Document Type: Article

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