Development of a scoring system for predicting the risk of preterm birth in women receiving cervical cerclage

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 664-667

  Odibo, Anthony O ^a   Farrell, Catherine ^b   Macones, George A ^a   Berghella, Vincezo ^b  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT MONITORING; PREDICTION; PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT INDICATION; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CERCLAGE; VAGINA;

ADULT; CERCLAGE, CERVICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0348217983     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211004     Document Type: Article

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