Cervical funneling: Sonographic criteria predictive of preterm delivery

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 161-166

  Berghella, V ^a,b   Kuhlman, K ^a   Weiner, S ^a   Texeira, L ^a   Wapner, R J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervix; Funneling; Incompetence; Predictive value; Preterm delivery; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; OBSTETRICS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX INCOMPETENCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PARITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERINE CERVICAL INCOMPETENCE;

EID: 0030781771     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1997.10030161.x     Document Type: Article

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