The length of the cervix and the risk of spontaneous premature delivery

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 334, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 567-572

  Iams, Jay D ^a   Goldenberg, Robert L ^b   Meis, Paul J ^c   Mercer, Brian M ^d   Moawad, Atef ^e   Das, Anita ^f   Thom, Elizabeth ^f   Mcnellis, Donald ^g   Copper, Rachel L ^b   Johnson, Francee ^a   Roberts, James M ^h  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^f GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX;

EID: 0942276272     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199602293340904     Document Type: Article

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