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Leopold's manoeuvres

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Four classical manoeuvres for the diagnosis of presentation and position of the foetus in utero.

Bibliography

  • G. C. Leopold:
    Über die Leitung normaler Geburten nur durch äussere Untersuchung.
    Centralblatt für Gynäkologie, Leipzig, 1894, 21: 498.
  • G. C. Leopold, Orb:
    Die Leitung normaler Geburten nur durch äussere Untersuchung.
    Archiv für Gynäkologie, Berlin, 1894, 42: 394.
  • G. C. Leopold, M. E. C. Pantzer:
    Die Beschränkung der inneren und die grösstmöglichste Verwertung der äusseren Untersuchung in der Geburtshilfe. Vierter Beitrag zur Verhütung des Kindbettfiebers mit einem Rückblick auf das Jahr 1889.
    Archiv für Gynäkologie, Berlin, 1890, 38: 330.

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