Comparative longitudinal study of cervical length and induced shortening changes among singleton, twin, and triplet pregnancies

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 192, Issue 5 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 1410-1415

  Meath, Amy J ^a   Ramsey, Patrick S ^a,b   Mulholland, Tammy A ^a   Rosenquist, Robert G ^a   Lesnick, Timothy ^a   Ramin, Kirk D ^c  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical length; Induced shortening; Transperineal ultrasound; Triplets; Twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY POSTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUPINE POSITION; TWINS; UTERINE CERVIX; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POSTURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPINE POSITION; TRIPLETS; TWINS; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 20644459030     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2005.01.033     Document Type: Article

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