Sonographic cervical length measurement before labor induction in term nulliparous women

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 34-38

  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; Labor induction; Transvaginal sonography

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; PROSTAGLANDIN;

ADULT; AMNIOTOMY; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CESAREAN SECTION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NULLIPARA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS CONTRACTION; UTERUS SURGERY; VAGINA BLEEDING; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 29144466669     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000089045     Document Type: Article

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