Does external tocodynamometry increase maternal perception of uterine contractions?

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 189, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1396-1397

  Lawson, Yolanda ^a   Dombrowski, Mitchell P ^a   Carter, Sharon ^a   Hagglund, Karen H ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contractions; Preterm; Tocodynamometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYNAMOMETRY; EXTERNAL TOCODYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY;

EID: 0348011910     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/S0002-9378(03)00586-6     Document Type: Article

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