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Fetal behavior in preterm premature rupture of the membranes
I Goldstein1, J A Copel, J C Hobbins
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
Clinics in Perinatology
|September 1, 1989
Abstract:
Although the subject has been the focus of a large body of obstetric literature, premature rupture of the membranes and its pathogenesis, management, and incidence of sequelae remain confused and controversial. The origins of this disquieting state of affairs can be traced to the lack of a specific, narrow definition of the condition, and resultant variations both in gestational age and maternal epidemiology in the populations assessed.