The natural history of the normal first stage of labor

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 705-710

  Zhang, Jun ^a   Troendle, James ^b   Mikolajczyk, Rafael ^b   Sundaram, Rajeshwari ^b   Beaver, Julie ^b   Fraser, William ^b  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR STAGE 1; MULTIPARA; NORMAL HUMAN; NULLIPARA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR STAGE, FIRST; PARITY; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949886727     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181d55925     Document Type: Article

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