Is transvaginal ultrasonography at mid-trimester useful for predicting early spontaneous preterm birth?

Journal of Nippon Medical School

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 135-140

  Fukami, Takehiko ^a,c   Ishihara, Kaisuke ^a   Sekiya, Takao ^b   Araki, Tsutomu ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL MUSASHI KOSUGI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical gland area; Cervical length; Cervical ripening; Preterm birth; Transvaginal ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARITY; PREDICTION; PREMATURE LABOR; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING;

EID: 0038673370     PISSN: 13454676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1272/jnms.70.135     Document Type: Article

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