Mid-Trimester Emergent Cerclage: A Ten Year Single Institution Review

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 338-342

  Chasen, Stephen T ^a,b   Silverman, Neil S ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SUTURING METHOD; TIME; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX INCOMPETENCE;

CERVIX UTERI; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TIME FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL INCOMPETENCE;

EID: 0032165083     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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