Ultrasound evaluation of the cervix during pregnancy. Normality curve in a longitudinal and cross-sectional study;Studio ecografico del collo dell'utero in gravidanza. Curva di normalità in uno studio longitudinale e trasversale

Minerva Ginecologica

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 397-404

  Danti, L ^a,b   Palai, N ^a   Ravelli, V ^a   Lojacono, A ^a   Tanzi, P ^a   Bianchi, U A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cervix incompetence; Cervix uteri ultrasonography; Labor, premature; Ultrasonography prenatal; Ultrasonography, methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABOR COMPLICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX INCOMPETENCE;

CERVIX UTERI; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERINE CERVICAL INCOMPETENCE;

EID: 0032175026     PISSN: 00264784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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