Risks of third-trimester amniocentesis

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-48

  Zalud, Ivica ^a   Janas, Sapna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Amniocentesis; Prenatal ultrasonography; Trimester, third

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS LUNG MATURITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MEMBRANE RUPTURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; FETAL ORGAN MATURITY; HUMANS; LUNG; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 38949164407     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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