Progesterone and preterm birth [3]

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 357, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 2306-2307

  O'Brien, John M ^a  

^a CENTRAL BAPTIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; PLACEBO; PROGESTERONE; 17-ALPHA-HYDROXY-PROGESTERONE CAPROATE; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE CAPROATE; PROGESTERONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; LETTER; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NOTE; RISK FACTOR; TWINS; UTERINE CERVIX; HEALTH SERVICE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PROPHYLAXIS; SPONTANEOUS PLACENTAL DELIVERY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE;

CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYDROXYPROGESTERONES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROGESTERONE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; TWINS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE;

EID: 36549050355     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc072564     Document Type: Letter

References (5)

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