Cervical dimensions and risk of preterm birth: A prospective cohort study

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 93, Issue 4 SUPPL., 1999, Pages 504-509

  Hartmann, Katherine ^a   Thorp Jr , John M ^a   Mcdonald, Thad L ^a   Savitz, David A ^a   Granados, Juan L ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BED REST; CLINICAL FEATURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; SCREENING TEST; TOCOLYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; HUMANS; LABOR STAGE, FIRST; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK;

EID: 0032977258     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006250-199904000-00007     Document Type: Article

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