Normal labor: Mechanism and duration

Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 145-164

  Liao, John B ^a   Buhimschi, Catalin S ^a   Norwitz, Errol R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACENTA ENZYME;

ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; BREECH PRESENTATION; CHILDBIRTH; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DYSTOCIA; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FETUS MALFORMATION; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; LABOR; LABOR COMPLICATION; LABOR INDUCTION; MALPRESENTATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLONGED PREGNANCY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

EID: 19344369351     PISSN: 08898545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ogc.2005.01.001     Document Type: Review

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