A new method using vaginal ultrasound and transfundal pressure to evaluate the asymptomatic incompetent cervix

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 248-252

  Guzman, Edwin R ^a,b   Rosenberg, Joanne C ^a,b   Houlihan, Christopher ^a,b   Ivan, Joseph ^a,b   Waldron, Regina ^a,b   Knuppel, Robert ^a,b  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NEWARK BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX INCOMPETENCE;

CERVIX INCOMPETENCE; CERVIX UTERI; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PRESSURE; RISK FACTORS; SUTURES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0028158090     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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