Risk factors for recurrent preterm delivery in three university hospitals

Tehran University Medical Journal

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 24-29

  Davari Tanha, F ^a   Valadan, M ^a   Kaveh, M ^a   Bagherzadeh, S ^a   Hasanzade, M ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Blood group; Preterm delivery; Recurrence; Uterine anomaly

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP A; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; THYROID DISEASE; UTERUS MALFORMATION;

EID: 84924388941     PISSN: 16831764     EISSN: 17357322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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