Vaginal birth after previous cesarean delivery

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 116, Issue 2 PART 1, 2010, Pages 450-463

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; PROSTAGLANDIN;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CESAREAN SECTION; ENDOMETRITIS; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LABOR INDUCTION; LABOR MANAGEMENT; MACROSOMIA; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TWIN PREGNANCY; UTERUS RUPTURE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 77955134669     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181eeb251     Document Type: Review

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