Pregnancy outcome and factors affecting vaginal delivery of twins at university of Nigeria teaching hospital, enugu

Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 490-495

  Aniebue, U U ^a   Ezenkwele, E ^a   Nwafor, M I ^a   Nwankwo, Theophilus Ogochukwu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Maternal and neonatal outcome; Mode of delivery; Twin pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DELIVERY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NIGERIA; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TWIN PREGNANCY;

ADULT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; NIGERIA; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, TWIN; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84888158897     PISSN: 11193077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1119-3077.116895     Document Type: Article

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