Electromyographic activity of the uterus above the placental implantation site

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 81-84

  Kavsek G ^a   Pajntar, M ^a   Leskosek B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Electromyographic activity; Placenta; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UTERUS; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; UTERINE CONTRACTION; UTERUS;

EID: 2542510141     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000010144     Document Type: Article

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