Cervical length at 23 weeks of gestation: The value of Shirodkar suture for the short cervix

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 318-322

  Heath, V C F ^a   Souka, A P ^a   Erasmus, I ^a   Gibb, D M F ^a   Nicolaides, K H ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN DEATH; PARAMETERS CONCERNING THE FETUS, NEWBORN AND PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SUTURING METHOD; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX CERCLAGE;

CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0031795308     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1998.12050318.x     Document Type: Article

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