Changes in symphysis pubis width during labor

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 370-373

  Rustamova, Shahnoza ^a   Predanic, Mladen ^a   Sumersille, Melanie ^a   Cohen, Wayne R ^a,b  

^a JAMAICA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JACOBI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Labor; Pelvic joints; Symphysis pubis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABOR; LABOR STAGE 2; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPARA; NULLIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBIS SYMPHYSIS; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PUBIC SYMPHYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649982557     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2009.051     Document Type: Article

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