Diagnostic accuracy of clinical examination for detection of non-cephalic presentation in late pregnancy: Cross sectional analytic study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 333, Issue 7568, 2006, Pages 578-580

  Nassar, Natasha ^a   Roberts, Christine L ^a   Cameron, Carolyn A ^a   Olive, Emily C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL RESEARCH; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALPRESENTATION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR PRESENTATION; NEW SOUTH WALES; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 33748937353     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38919.681563.4F     Document Type: Article

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