Morphology assessed by transvaginal ultrasonography differs in patients in preterm labor with vs. without bacterial vaginosis

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 242-245

  Surbek, D V ^a,b   Hoesli, I M ^a   Holzgreve, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; Cervical length; Preterm labor; Transvaginal ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETUS HYPOXIA; FETUS MALFORMATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; PLACENTA PREVIA; PREDICTION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS BLEEDING; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINITIS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VAGINA; VAGINAL SMEARS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0034543601     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.2000.00102.x     Document Type: Article

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