American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 190, Issue 1 , Pages 129-134 , January 2004

Risk of cesarean delivery in nulliparous women at greater than 41 weeks' gestational age with an unengaged vertex

Received 2 May 2003 ,Revised 25 June 2003 ,Accepted 15 July 2003.

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☆ Presented at the First Annual Meeting of the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center Northern California Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Resident Research Symposium, Oakland, Calif, May 31, 2003.To be published in abstract form in The Permanente Journal Summer Issue (June/July) in a special section for abstracts from the First Annual Resident Research Symposium.

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doi: 10.1016/S0002-9378(03)00909-8

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 190, Issue 1 , Pages 129-134 , January 2004

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