Sonography in the evaluation of the cervix during pregnancy

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 99-105

  Guzman, Edwin R ^a   Benito, Carlos ^a   Hanley, Maryellen ^a  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERCLAGE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX INCOMPETENCE;

EID: 0029968427     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001703-199604000-00003     Document Type: Review

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