Spatiotemporal electrohysterography patterns in normal and arrested labor

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 54.e1-54.e7

  Euliano, Tammy Y ^a   Marossero, Dorothee ^c   Nguyen, Minh Tam ^c   Euliano, Neil R ^c   Principe, Jose ^b   Edwards, Rodney K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Convergent Engineering ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Center of uterine activity; cesarean delivery; dystocia; electrohysterogram; vaginal delivery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTEROGRAPHY; LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ELECTROHYSTEROGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY; UTERUS CONTRACTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 58049165498     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2008.09.008     Document Type: Article

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