Vaginal birth after classical Caesarean section

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 182-186

  de Costa, Caroline ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UTERUS RUPTURE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER CESAREAN;

EID: 20544455043     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2005.00387.x     Document Type: Review

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