Preinduction cervical ripening with prostaglandin E2 at preterm

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-67

  Melamed, Nir ^a   Yogev, Yariv ^b   Hadar, Eran ^b   Hod, Moshe ^b   Ben Haroush, Avi ^b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Induction; PGE2; Preterm; Prostaglandin; Ripening

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NULLIPARA; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; TABLET; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ADULT; CERVICAL RIPENING; DINOPROSTONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, INDUCED; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 37549041385     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340701778773     Document Type: Article

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