Induction of labour at the start fo the new millennium

Reproduction

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 989-998

  MacKenzie, I Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGESTAGEN; ESTRADIOL; ESTRIOL; ESTROGEN; FIBRONECTIN; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; ISOSORBIDE MONONITRATE; MIFEPRISTONE; MISOPROSTOL; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; OXYTOCIN; PLACEBO; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; RELAXIN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AMNIOTOMY; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; DELIVERY; DIET; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FETUS DEATH; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; LABOR INDUCTION; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; STIMULATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; ULTRASOUND; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS;

AMNION; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; OXYTOCICS; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANCY; PROSTAGLANDINS;

EID: 33745203289     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/rep.1.00709     Document Type: Review

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