Does increase in birth weight change the normal labor curve?

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 87-92

  Leftwich, Heidi K ^a   Gao, Weihua ^a   Wilkins, Isabelle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

birth weight; contemporary; labor; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MACROSOMIA; MALE; NEWBORN; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETAL MACROSOMIA; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MALE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900381755     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: 10988785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1376180     Document Type: Article

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