Human uterine wall tension trajectories and the onset of parturition

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Sokolowski, Peter ^a   Saison, Francis ^a   Giles, Warwick ^a   McGrath, Shaun ^a   Smith, David ^b   Smith, Julia ^a   Smith, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE PRESSURE; LABOR ONSET; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; MYOMETRIUM; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TWIN PREGNANCY; BIRTH; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MYOMETRIUM; NEW SOUTH WALES; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY;

EID: 77955295513     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011037     Document Type: Article

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