The outcome of pregnancy in elderly primigravidas

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1230-1233

  Al Turki, Haifa A ^a   Abu Heija, Adel T ^a   Al Sibai, Mohammed H ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; GENDER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; MEDICAL RECORD; NULLIPARA; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIMIGRAVIDA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; GRAVIDITY; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0347503582     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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