Prediction of spontaneous onset of labor at term: The role of cervical length measurement and funneling of internal cervical os detected by transvaginal ultrasonography

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-39

  Bayramoglu, Özlem ^b   Arslan, Murat ^a,c   Yazici, F Gurkan ^c   Erdem, Ahmet ^b   Erdem, Mehmet ^b   Bayramoglu, Koray ^b   Camdeviren, Handan ^c  

^a Gazi University ^*  (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cervical length; Funneling; Labor; Pregnancy; Term

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERINATAL CARE; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX;

ADULT; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LABOR ONSET; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; ROC CURVE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 13244295787     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-837268     Document Type: Article

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