Cervical length and spontaneous prematurity: Laying the foundation for future interventional randomized trials for the short cervix

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 195-199

  Guzman, E R ^a   Ananth, C V ^a  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; NOTE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX CERCLAGE; UTERINE CERVIX INCOMPETENCE;

CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034836984     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0960-7692.2001.525.x     Document Type: Note

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