A validation of electrohysterography for uterine activity monitoring during labour

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-22

  Jacod, Benoit C ^a   Graatsma, Elisabeth Margo ^a   Van Hagen, Eline ^a   Visser, Gerard H A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTEROGRAPHY; INTRA UTERINE PRESSURE CATHETER; LABOR; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 73849091420     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767050903156668     Document Type: Article

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