European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
Volume 139, Issue 2 , Pages 157-163 , August 2008

Modeling the duration of the latency period after preterm premature rupture of the membranes according to maternal and pregnancy characteristics: DOMINOS study

  • Jean-Charles Pasquier

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics, Edouard Herriot Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon and Claude Bernard University, Lyon, France
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Université de Sherbrooke, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la santé, 3001, 12e Avenue Nord, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada J1H 5N4
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Université de Sherbrooke, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la santé, 3001, 12e Avenue Nord, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada J1H 5N4. Tel.: +1 819 820 6868x13120.
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  • Muriel Rabilloud

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
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  • Jean-Charles Picaud

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neonatology, Arnaud de Villeneuve Hospital and Montpellier University, Montpellier, France
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  • Olivier Claris

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neonatology, Edouard Herriot Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
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  • René Ecochard

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
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  • Stephanie Moret

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics, Edouard Herriot Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon and Claude Bernard University, Lyon, France
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  • Georges Mellier

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics, Edouard Herriot Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon and Claude Bernard University, Lyon, France

Received 17 March 2007 ,Revised 9 November 2007 ,Accepted 17 December 2007.

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☆ The study was conducted in the Rhône-Alpes region and coordinated in Lyon (France).

PII: S0301-2115(08)00049-3

doi: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2007.12.017

European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
Volume 139, Issue 2 , Pages 157-163 , August 2008

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