Effect of interpregnancy interval on outcomes of pregnancy after miscarriage: Retrospective analysis of hospital episode statistics in Scotland

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 341, Issue 7770, 2010, Pages

  Love, Eleanor R ^a   Bhattacharya, Siladitya ^a   Smith, Norman C ^b   Bhattacharya, Sohinee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERDEEN MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; LIVE BIRTH; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLACENTA PREVIA; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; UNITED KINGDOM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FAMILY PLANNING; HOSPITALIZATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; STATISTICS;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; BIRTH INTERVALS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND;

EID: 77955902706     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c3967     Document Type: Article

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