American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 201, Issue 5 , Pages 477.e1-477.e7 , November 2009

The association between the length of first stage of labor, mode of delivery, and perinatal outcomes in women undergoing induction of labor

Presented as a poster at the 27th Annual Meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, San Francisco, CA, Feb. 8-10, 2007.

Received 5 January 2009 ,Revised 14 February 2009 ,Accepted 14 May 2009.

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 Cite this article as: Cheng YW, Delany SS, Hopkins LM, et al. The association between the length of first stage of labor, mode of delivery, and perinatal outcomes in women undergoing induction of labor. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2009;201:477.e1-7.

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 Support provided by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for A.B.C. as a Physician Faculty Scholar.

PII: S0002-9378(09)00532-8

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2009.05.024

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 201, Issue 5 , Pages 477.e1-477.e7 , November 2009

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