Transvaginal cervical length measurement: Its current application in a regional Australian level II maternity hospital

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 418-423

  Van Rijswijk, Suzanne ^a   Nagtegaal, Mariëtte J C ^a   Mcgavin, Steward ^a   Dekker, Gus ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b LYELL MCEWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NIFEDIPINE;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNITY WARD; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TWIN PREGNANCY; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX CERCLAGE;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CERVIX UTERI; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PARITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TWINS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 29244490603     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2005.00468.x     Document Type: Review

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