Comparison of transperineal and transvaginal sonography in predicting preterm delivery

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 225-230

  Yazici, Gurkan ^a,b   Yildiz, Akgun ^a   Tiras, M Bulent ^a   Arslan, Murat ^a   Kanik, Arzu ^b   Oz, Utku ^a  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cervical length; Preterm delivery; Transperineal ultrasonography; Transvaginal ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSPERINEAL ECHOGRAPHY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; UTERINE CERVIX;

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

EID: 2442657792     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20027     Document Type: Article

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