Pregnancy outcomes of mothers aged 17 years or less

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 166-170

  Shuaib, Alia A ^a   Frass, Kaima A ^a   Al Harazi, Abdelrahman H ^a,b   Ghanem, Najeeb S ^a  

^a THAMAR UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^b SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT MOTHER; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ANEMIA; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTOCIA; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STILLBIRTH; YEMEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YEMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951621370     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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