Cervical Incompetence Prevention Randomized Cerclage Trial (CIPRACT): Effect of therapeutic cerclage with bed rest vs. bed rest only on cervical length

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 163-167

  Althuisius, S ^a   Dekker, G ^b   Hummel, P ^a   Bekedam, D ^a   Kuik, D ^a   Van Geijn, H ^a,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bed rest; Cervical incompetence; Cervical length; Randomized trial; Therapeutic cerclage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BED REST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UTERINE CERVIX CERCLAGE;

ADULT; BED REST; CERCLAGE, CERVICAL; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVICAL INCOMPETENCE;

EID: 0036417349     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.2002.00770.x     Document Type: Article

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