Home uterine activity monitoring: the role of medical evidence

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 325-327

  Reichmann, James P ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FETUS MONITORING; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HOME CARE; HOME MONITORING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SHORT SURVEY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ADULT; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; UTERINE MONITORING;

UTERUS SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

EID: 51649098571     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181801d66     Document Type: Editorial

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