Cervical length at 23 weeks of gestation: Relation to demographic characteristics and previous obstetric history

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 304-311

  Heath, V C F ^a   Southall, T R ^a   Souka, A P ^a   Novakov, A ^a   Nicolaides, K H ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

23 Week scan; Cervical incompetence; Cervical length; Preterm delivery; Ultrasound screening

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CENTRAL AMERICA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG ABUSE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL RECORD; OBSERVER VARIATION; OBSTETRICS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARAMETERS CONCERNING THE FETUS, NEWBORN AND PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SPECULAR MICROSCOPY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX;

ADULT; CERVIX UTERI; DEMOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GRAVIDITY; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SMOKING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0031739069     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1998.12050304.x     Document Type: Article

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