Role of Transvaginal, Sonographic Cervical Length in Predicting Spontaneous Preterm Delivery in Triplet Pregnancies with Therapeutic Cerclage

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 785-788

  Poggi, Sarah H ^a   Ghidini, Alessandro ^b   Landy, Helain J ^b   McLaren, Rodney ^b   Oyelese, Yinka ^b   Alvarez, Manuel ^b   Pezzullo, John C ^b   Collea, Joseph V ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cerclage; Cervix; Delivery; Triplets; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CERCLAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PREDICTION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERCLAGE, CERVICAL; CERVIX UTERI; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; NEW JERSEY; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIPLETS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0142244709     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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