Clinical guidelines for vaginal birth after previous caesarean birth;Directive clinique sur l'accouchement vaginal chez les patientes ayant déjà subi une césarienne

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 174-188

  Martel, Marie Jocelyne ^a,a   MacKinnon, Catherine Jane ^b   Arsenault, Marc Yvon ^a   Bartellas, Elias ^a   Cargill, Yvonne M ^a   Daniels, Sue ^a   Gleason, Tom ^a   Iglesias, Stuart ^c   Klein, Michael C ^a   Roggensack, Ann ^a   Wilson, Ann Kathleen ^d   Davies, Gregory A ^a  

^a NONE   (Canada)

^b Brantford ON   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 84971571997     PISSN: 17012163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(16)30189-X     Document Type: Article

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