The history of cesarean technique

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 189, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1803-1806

  Lurie, Samuel ^a   Glezerman, Marek ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cesarean section; History of medicine

Indexed keywords

CESAREAN SECTION; GERMANY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; INCISION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MIDWIFE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WOUND CLOSURE;

EID: 0347987970     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(03)00856-1     Document Type: Article

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