Efficiency of cervical sonography for the determination of preterm birth in singleton and twin pregnancies after 25 weeks' gestation;Preterm eylem ile başvuran ≥25 haftalik tekil ve i̇kiz gebeliklerde servikal ultrasonografinin preterm doǧumu belirlemede etkinliǧi

Journal of the Turkish German Gynecology Association

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 229-234

  Sayin, N Cenk ^a,b   Varol, Füsun G ^a   Yilmaz, Özlem ^a   Kurt, Imran ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cervical funneling; Cervical length; Preterm birth; Transvaginal sonography; Twin pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREMATURE LABOR; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TWIN PREGNANCY;

EID: 26944472414     PISSN: 13090399     EISSN: 13090380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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