Uterine contraction assessment

Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 341-367

  Newman, Roger B ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH WEIGHT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; DYNAMOMETRY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOME MONITORING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; META ANALYSIS; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PALPATION; PERINATAL CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYMPTOM; TOCOLYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PREMATURE BIRTH; UTERINE CONTRACTION; UTERINE MONITORING;

EID: 23944476299     PISSN: 08898545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ogc.2005.04.005     Document Type: Review

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