Pregnancy outcome of parturients below 16 years of age

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1417-1419

  Jahromi, Bahia Namavar ^a,b   Daneshvar, Armaghan ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; APGAR SCORE; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRAN; MATERNAL AGE; PARTURITION; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 26944487578     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 03795284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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