Charts for cervical length in singleton pregnancy

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 161-165

  Hoesli, I M ^a   Strutas, D ^a   Tercanli, S ^a   Holzgreve, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cervical length measurement; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTERINE CERVIX;

EID: 0038504586     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7292(02)00443-5     Document Type: Article

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