Evaluation of the upper uterine cervix by the location of the vesicocervical fold of the urinary bladder to rule out cervical shortening during pregnancy with and without premature contractions

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 401-406

  Shalev, J ^a,b,c   Meizner, I ^a,b   Orvieto, R ^a,b   Mashiach, R ^a,b   Vardimon, D ^a,b   Hod, M ^a,b   Ben Rafael, Z ^a,b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Ultrasound Unit   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cervical length; Pregnancy; Preterm labor; Ultrasonography; Uterine contractions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ADULT; CERVIX UTERI; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; URINARY BLADDER; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 0032816165     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1999.13060401.x     Document Type: Article

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