Biophysical methods of prediction and prevention of preterm labor: Uterine electromyography and cervical light-induced fluorescence - new obstetrical diagnostic techniques

Preterm Birth: Mechanisms, Mediators, Prediction, Prevention & Interventions

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 131-144

  Garfield, Robert E ^a   Maner, William L ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

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EID: 84860224922     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b13792-19     Document Type: Chapter

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