Monitoring the progress of pregnancy and labor using electromyography

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 144, Issue SUPPL 1, 2009, Pages

  Schlembach, Dietmar ^a,b   Maner, Wiliam L ^b,c   Garfield, Robert E ^b,c   Maul, Holger ^d  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^c ST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Monitoring of labor; Preterm labor; Term labor; Uterine electromyography

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RAT; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ANIMALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RATS; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 67650130287     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: 18727654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2009.02.016     Document Type: Article

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