Maternal complications of pregnancy increase beyond 40 weeks of gestation in low-risk women

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 540-545

  Caughey, A B ^a   Bishop, J T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENDOMYOMETRITIS; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABOR COMPLICATION; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPARA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NULLIPARA; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROLONGED PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, PROLONGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33748110791     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211560     Document Type: Article

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