Membrane thickness and PROM - High-frequency ultrasound measurements

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 333-337

  Frigo, P ^a,c   Lang, Ch ^a   Sator, M ^a   Ulrich, R ^b   Husslein, P ^a  

^a Univ Clin for Gynaecol/Obstet   (Austria)

^b Univ Hosp Department of Gynecology   (Austria)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Amnion; Chorion; High frequency ultrasound; Induction of labour; PROM; Thickness of membrane

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ADULT; AMNION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABOR INDUCTION; MICROSCOPY; PREDICTION; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS; TISSUE SECTION;

AMNION; CHORION; EXTRAEMBRYONIC MEMBRANES; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031957857     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0223(199804)18:4<333::AID-PD264>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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