The value of transvaginal ultrasonographic examination of the uterine cervix in predicting preterm delivery in patients with preterm premature rupture of membranes

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-29

  Rizzo, G ^a   Capponi, A ^a   Angelini, E ^a   Vlachopoulou, A ^a   Grassi, C ^a   Romanini, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amniocentesis; Cervix; Intrauterine infection; Preterm delivery; Prom

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; CERVIX UTERI; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031931141     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1998.11010023.x     Document Type: Article

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