Does the presence of a funnel increase the risk of adverse perinatal outcome in a patient with a short cervix?

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 192, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1060-1066

  Rust, Orion A ^a   Atlas, Robert O ^a   Kimmel, Sharon ^a   Roberts, William E ^a   Hess, L Wayne ^a  

^a LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Preterm labor; Short cervix; Transvaginal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIRTH; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMBRANE RUPTURE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; ORGAN SIZE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX CERCLAGE; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION;

EID: 16844368456     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2005.01.076     Document Type: Conference Paper

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