American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 202, Issue 4 , Pages 361.e1-361.e6 , April 2010

Route of delivery and neonatal birth trauma

Presented at the District IV Meeting of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Orlando, FL, Sept. 5-7, 2008.

  • Charmaine K. Moczygemba, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprints: Charmaine K. Moczygemba, MD, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Emory School of Medicine, 69 Jesse Hill Jr Dr., Fourth Floor, Atlanta, GA 30303
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  • Pangaja Paramsothy, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Contraceptive Research And Development Program, Arlington, VA
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  • Susan Meikle, MD, MSPH

      Affiliations

    • Contraceptive and Reproductive Health Branch/National Institutes of Health (the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development), Bethesda, MD
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  • Athena P. Kourtis, MD, PhD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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  • Wanda D. Barfield, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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  • Elena Kuklina, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Northrop Grumman Civilian Group, Atlanta, GA
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  • Samuel F. Posner, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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  • Maura K. Whiteman, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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  • Denise J. Jamieson, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
    • Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA

Received 9 June 2009 ,Revised 12 September 2009 ,Accepted 14 November 2009.

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 Cite this article as: Moczygemba CK, Paramsothy P, Meikle S, et al. Route of delivery and neonatal birth trauma. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2010;202:361.e1-6.

PII: S0002-9378(09)02215-7

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2009.11.041

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 202, Issue 4 , Pages 361.e1-361.e6 , April 2010

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