Cervical length at 23 weeks' gestation - Relation to demographic characteristics and previous obstetric history in South African women

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 691-695

  Erasmus, Ilse ^a,b   Nicolaou, E ^b   van Gelderen, C J ^b   Nicolaides, K H ^c  

^a Fetal Medicine Foundation   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c Harris Birthright Research Centre for Fetal Medicine   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORPHOMETRICS; MULTIPARA; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSTETRIC CARE; PREMATURE LABOR; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; UNITED KINGDOM; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX CERCLAGE; UTERINE CERVIX LENGTH;

ADULT; CERVIX UTERI; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MASS SCREENING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PREMATURE BIRTH; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 26644437183     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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