Pregnancy outcome in women aged 40 years or more

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1260-1263

  Favilli, Alessandro ^a   Pericoli, Silvia ^a   Acanfora, Marta Maddalena ^a   Bini, Vittorio ^a   Di Renzo, Gian Carlo ^a   Gerli, Sandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Advanced maternal age; cesarean section; delivery; elderly women; pregnancy outcome; preterm birth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; PARITY; PLACENTA PREVIA; PREDICTION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PREGNANCY-INDUCED; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863879998     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2011.643327     Document Type: Article

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