Maternal intra-partum fever

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 12-15

  Apantaku, O ^a,c   Mulik, V ^b  

^a LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b TAMESIDE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIOAMNIONITIS; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEVER; HUMAN; LABOR; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NULLIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 33847026112     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: 13646893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443610601016644     Document Type: Review

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