Ultrasound assessment of cervical length in threatened preterm labor

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 552-555

  Tsoi, E ^a   Akmal, S ^a   Rane, S ^a   Otigbah, C ^b   Nicolaides, K H ^a,c  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HAROLD WOOD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervical length; Preterm labor; Sonography

Indexed keywords

UTERUS SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; PREDICTION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ABORTION, THREATENED; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 0037636488     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.131     Document Type: Article

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