Cervical assessment in women with threatened preterm labor

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 309-312

  Daskalakis, George ^a,b   Thomakos, Nikolaos ^a   Hatziioannou, Leonardos ^a   Mesogitis, Spyros ^a   Papantoniou, Nikolaos ^a   Antsaklis, Aris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cervical length; Prediction; Preterm delivery; Symptoms; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

UTERUS SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPARA; NULLIPARA; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX LENGTH;

ADULT; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 22244458602     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/147670500072763     Document Type: Article

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