Pattern of cervical dilatation among parturients in Ilorin, Nigeria

Annals of African Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 181-184

  Ijaiya, Munir'Deen A ^a   Aboyeji, Abiodun P ^a   Fakeye, Olurotimi O ^a   Balogun, Olayinka R ^a   Nwachukwu, Duum C ^a   Abiodun, Moses O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Cervical Dilatation; First Stage; Spontaneous Labor

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABOR; LABOR STAGE 1; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPARA; NIGERIA; NULLIPARA; PARITY; PREGNANCY; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CERVIX UTERI; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LABOR STAGE, FIRST; MATERNAL AGE; NIGERIA; PARITY; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77749254786     PISSN: 15963519     EISSN: 09755764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1596-3519.57243     Document Type: Article

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