Cervical assessment at 22 and 27 weeks for the prediction of spontaneous birth before 34 weeks in twin pregnancies: Is transvaginal sonography more accurate than digital examination?

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 707-712

  Vayssiere C ^a,b,m   Favre, R ^b   Audibert, F ^c   Chauvet, M P ^d   Gaucherand, P ^e   Tardif, D ^f   Grange G ^g   Novoa, A ^h   Descamps, P ⁱ   Perdu, M ^j   Andrini, E ^k   Janse Marec, J ^l   Maillard, F ^m   Nisand, I ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL   (France)

^b SIHCUS CMCO Centre Medico Chirurgical et Obstetrical   (France)

^c HÔPITAL ANTOINE BÉCLÈRE   (France)

^d LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e CROIX ROUSSE HOSPITAL   (France)

^f BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^g CHU Cochin Saint Vincent de Paul ^*  (France)

^h CHG de Dreux   (France)

ⁱ ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^j Clinique Magnin

^k GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^l Franco Britannique Hospital   (France)

^m INSERM   (France)

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Author keywords

Cervical length; Diagnostic accuracy; Manual examination; Prematurity; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIGITAL IMAGING; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TWIN PREGNANCY; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION;

CERVICAL RIPENING; CERVIX UTERI; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PALPATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PREMATURE BIRTH; TWINS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 29144514534     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.2616     Document Type: Article

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