Management of late-term and postterm pregnancies

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 390-396

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ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LATE TERM PREGNANCY; MECONIUM ASPIRATION; NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PELVIC EXAMINATION; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLONGED PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; TRIAL OF LABOR; UNITED STATES; VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER CESAREAN; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 84989817664     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000452744.06088.48     Document Type: Article

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