Medical therapies for primary postpartum hemorrhage

International Congress Series

Volumn 1279, Issue , 2005, Pages 364-368

  Bolte, A C ^a   Bouma, L S ^a   van Geijn, H P ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atony; Postpartum hemorrhage; Recombinant factor VII; Tranexamic acid

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646461445     PISSN: 05315131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ics.2004.12.026     Document Type: Article

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