Planned caesarean section for women with a twin pregnancy

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Hofmeyr, G Justus ^a   Barrett, J F ^b   Crowther, C A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESAREAN SECTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TWIN PREGNANCY; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 44949117540     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006553     Document Type: Review

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