Intrauterine foetal death and its probable causes: Two years experience in Dhulikhel Hospital - Kathmandu University hospital

Kathmandu University Medical Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 40, 2012, Pages 44-48

  Tamrakar, Suman Raj ^a   Chawla, C D ^a  

^a KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Gestational age; Intrauterine foetal death (IUD); Parity

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTEPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECLAMPSIA; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FETUS MOVEMENT; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYDRAMNIOS; INCIDENCE; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NEPAL; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PARITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STILLBIRTH; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

EID: 84877760118     PISSN: 18122027     EISSN: 18122078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3126/kumj.v10i4.10994     Document Type: Article

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