Cervical assessment at the routine 23-weeks' scan: Problems with transabdominal sonography

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 292-296

  To, M S ^a   Skentou, C ^a   Cicero, S ^a   Nicolaides, K H ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervical length; Preterm delivery; Sonography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CAPACITY; BODY MASS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSABDOMINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 0034546750     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.2000.00094.x     Document Type: Article

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