Temporary Erb-Duchenne palsy without shoulder dystocia or traction to the fetal head

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 105, Issue 5 II, 2005, Pages 1210-1212

  Allen, Robert H ^a,b   Gurewitsch, Edith D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHY; CASE REPORT; DYSTOCIA; ERB DUCHENNE PALSY; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; UMBILICAL ARTERY; VALSALVA MANEUVER; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DYSTOCIA; EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PARALYSIS, OBSTETRIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 17644393485     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000141635.94905.21     Document Type: Article

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