Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Volume 45, Issue 3 , Pages 250-252 , September 2006

Silent Uterine Rupture in an Unscarred Uterus

  • Chuan-Yaw Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taipei Medical University-Wan Fan Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Szu-Yuan Chou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taipei Medical University-Wan Fan Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • I-Lin Chu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taipei Medical University-Wan Fan Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chun-Sen Hsu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taipei Medical University-Wan Fan Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Kenny Hui-Hua Chian

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Pui-Ki Chow

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taipei Medical University-Wan Fan Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Pui-Ki Chow, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taipei Medical University-Wan Fan Hospital, 111, Hsing-Long Road, Section 3, Taipei 116, Taiwan

,Accepted 2 May 2006.

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PII: S1028-4559(09)60235-7

doi: 10.1016/S1028-4559(09)60235-7

Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Volume 45, Issue 3 , Pages 250-252 , September 2006

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