The diagnosis and natural history of false preterm labor

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1301-1308

  Chao, Tamara T ^a   Bloom, Steven L ^a   Mitchell, Judith S ^a   McIntire, Donald D ^a   Leveno, Kenneth J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEXAS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81855167639     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e318236e7db     Document Type: Article

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