Prevention of striae gravidarum with cocoa butter cream

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-68

  Buchanan, Keisha ^a   Fletcher, Horace M ^a   Reid, Marvin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Cocoa butter cream; Striae gravidarum

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; THEOBROMA OIL;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREAM; DELIVERY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN COLOR; STRIA; STRIAE GRAVIDARUM;

EID: 71149117825     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2009.08.008     Document Type: Article

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