Pre-term premature rupture of fetal membranes: The dilemma of management in a developing nation

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-40

  Obi, S N ^a   Ozumba, B C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; DEXAMETHASONE; ERYTHROMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ARTICLE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIGERIA; PARITY; PERINATAL INFECTION; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTERINE CERVIX INCOMPETENCE;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; HUMANS; NIGERIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847072313     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: 13646893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443610601016875     Document Type: Article

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