Transvaginal sonographic assessment of cervical dynamics during the third trimester of normal pregnancy

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 118-122

  Brieger, Geoffrey M ^a,c   Ning, Xie Hong ^b   Dawkins, Robert R ^a   Ying, Kong Qiu ^b   Weng, Cai ^b   Chang, Allan M Z ^a   Haines, Christopher J ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cervix; Chinese; Dynamics; Labor; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABOR; MORPHOMETRICS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX;

EID: 0031051307     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016349709050065     Document Type: Article

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