Cervical length at 23 weeks in twins in predicting spontaneous preterm delivery

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 450-454

  Souka, A P ^a   Heath, V ^a   Flint, S ^a   Sevastopoulou, I ^a   Nicolaides, K H ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TWIN PREGNANCY; UTERINE CERVIX;

EID: 0032801965     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(99)00277-X     Document Type: Article

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