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A simplified cervix model in response to induction balloon in pre-labour

BACKGROUND: Induction of labour is poorly understood even though it is performed in 20% of births in the United States. One method of induction, the balloon dilator applied with traction to the interior os of the cervix, engages a softening process, permitting dilation and effacement to proceed unti...

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Autor principal: Smith, James Andrew
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3850663/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24070547
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-4682-10-58