Pregnancy outcome at advanced maternal age in a group of African women in two teaching hospitals in Yaounde, Cameroon

Pan African Medical Journal

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Ngowa, Jean Dupont Kemfang ^a   Ngassam, Anny Nadege ^a   Dohbit, Julius Sama ^a   Nzedjom, Celestine ^a   Kasia, Jean Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Advanced maternal age; Perinatal outcome; Pregancy outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANTEPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FETUS DISTRESS; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPARA; PERINATAL MORTALITY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIMIPARA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; ADVANCED MATERNAL AGE; AGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERINATAL OUTCOME; PREGANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR;

ADVANCED MATERNAL AGE; PERINATAL OUTCOME; PREGANCY OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CAMEROON; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876459771     PISSN: 19378688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2013.14.134.2315     Document Type: Article

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