Short cervical length by ultrasound and cerclage

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 161-165

  Hibbard, Judith U ^a,b   Snow, Julie ^a   Moawad, Atef H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DELIVERY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROGNOSIS; SUTURING METHOD; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX INCOMPETENCE;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CERVIX UTERI; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROGNOSIS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; UTERINE CERVICAL INCOMPETENCE;

EID: 0034169276     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7200333     Document Type: Article

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