American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 195, Issue 4 , Pages 1119-1126 , October 2006

The Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Cesarean Registry: Safety and efficacy of a trial of labor in preterm pregnancy after a prior cesarean delivery

  • Celeste P. Durnwald, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
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  • Dwight J. Rouse, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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  • Kenneth J. Leveno, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
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  • Catherine Y. Spong, MD

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD
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  • Cora MacPherson, PhD

      Affiliations

    • The George Washington University Biostatistics Center, Washington, DC
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  • Michael W. Varner, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
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  • Atef H. Moawad, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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  • Steve N. Caritis, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
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  • Margaret Harper, MD

      Affiliations

    • Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC
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  • Ronald J. Wapner, MD

      Affiliations

    • Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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  • Yoram Sorokin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
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  • Menachem Miodovnik, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
    • Columbia University, New York, NY
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  • Marshall Carpenter, MD

      Affiliations

    • Brown University, Providence, RI
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  • Alan M. Peaceman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
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  • Mary Jo O'Sullivan, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Miami, Miami, FL
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  • Baha Sibai, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN
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  • Oded Langer, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
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  • John M. Thorp, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
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  • Susan M. Ramin, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX
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  • Brian M. Mercer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
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  • Steven G. Gabbe, MD

      Affiliations

    • Columbia University, New York, NY
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  • for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network

Received 10 March 2006 ,Revised 22 May 2006 ,Accepted 9 June 2006.

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 Supported by grants from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (HD21410, HD21414, HD27860, HD27861, HD27869, HD27905, HD27915, HD27917, HD34116, HD34122, HD34136, HD34208, HD34210, HD40500, HD40485, HD40544, HD40545, HD40560, HD40512, and HD36801).Presented at the 26th Annual Meeting of the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine, January 30-February 4, 2006, Miami, FL.Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0002-9378(06)00771-X

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2006.06.047

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 195, Issue 4 , Pages 1119-1126 , October 2006

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