Obstetric outcome of teenage pregnancies: A 5-year experience in a university hospital

Kuwait Medical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 195-199

  Al Jama, Fathia E ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Adolescent pregnancy; Low birth weight babies; Preterm labor

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTEPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 84865319915     PISSN: 00235776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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