ACOG Committee Opinion No. 383: Evaluation of stillbirths and neonatal deaths

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 963-966

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Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CYTOGENETICS; FAMILY HISTORY; FETUS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; OBSTETRICS; PARENT COUNSELING; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; STILLBIRTH;

AUTOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 34848874066     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000263934.51252.e0     Document Type: Review

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