Patients with an ultrasonographic cervical length ≤15 mm have nearly a 50% risk of early spontaneous preterm delivery

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 182, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1458-1467

  Hassan, Sonia S ^a   Romero, Roberto ^a   Berry, Stanley M ^a   Dang, Kulmeet ^a   Blackwell, Sean C ^a   Treadwell, Marjorie C ^a   Wolfe, Honor M ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical length; Preterm delivery; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UTERINE CERVIX;

EID: 0033918791     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2000.106851     Document Type: Article

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