From concept to practice: The recent history of preterm delivery prevention. Part I: Cervical competence

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-13

  Vidaeff, Alex C ^a   Ramin, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerclage; Cervical Insufficiency; Cervical Length; Prediction; Preterm Delivery; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CYTOKINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FIBRONECTIN; INDOMETACIN; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN; UTERUS SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

AFRICA; AMNIOCENTESIS; BED REST; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FETUS MATURITY; FETUS MONITORING; GESTATIONAL AGE; GYNECOLOGIC INFECTION; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HOME MONITORING; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PLACENTA PREVIA; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTH AMERICA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOCOLYSIS; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TWIN PREGNANCY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CERCLAGE; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; UTERINE CERVIX INCOMPETENCE;

CERCLAGE, CERVICAL; CERVICAL RIPENING; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERINE CERVICAL INCOMPETENCE;

EID: 32244438066     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-923437     Document Type: Review

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