Should older women have antepartum testing to prevent unexplained stillbirth?

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 56-64

  Fretts, Ruth G ^a   Elkin, Elena B ^b   Myers, Evan R ^b   Heffner, Linda J ^b  

^a HARVARD VANGUARD MEDICAL ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MODEL; MONITORING; NULLIPARA; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STILLBIRTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; LABOR INDUCTION; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; MARKOV CHAINS; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK;

EID: 3242659996     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000129237.93777.1a     Document Type: Article

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