Ultrasound examination at 37 weeks' gestation in the prediction of pregnancy outcome: The value of cervical assessment

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 598-603

  Ramanathan, G ^a   Yu, C ^a   Osei, E ^a   Nicolaides, K H ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

37 week scan; Cervical length; Induction of labor; Post term; Ultrasound screening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABOR; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CERVIX UTERI; CESAREAN SECTION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, PROLONGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0346333057     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.913     Document Type: Article

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