Investigation of occiput posterior delivery by intrapartum sonography

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 425-428

  Akmal, S ^a   Tsoi, E ^a   Howard, R ^b   Osei, E ^b   Nicolaides, K H ^a,c  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING GEORGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cesarean section; Fetal position; Labor; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABOR; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR PRESENTATION; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 4444255070     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.1064     Document Type: Article

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