Etiological risk factors for brachial plexus palsy

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 655-661

  Hudić, Igor ^a,b   Fatušić, Zlatan ^a   Sinanović, Osman ^a   Skokić, Fahrija ^a  

^a University Clinical Center   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^b UNIVERSITY CLINICAL CENTER TUZLA   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus palsy; Labor; Newborn

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH INJURY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; BREECH EXTRACTION; CESAREAN SECTION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FETUS DISTRESS; HUMAN; LABOR; LABOR STAGE 2; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MULTIPARA; NEWBORN; OBESITY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIMIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME; VACUUM EXTRACTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33751327261     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050600850498     Document Type: Article

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