Transabdominal cerclage: The significance of dual pathology and increased preterm delivery

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1424-1426

  Farquharson, Roy G ^a   Topping, Joanne ^a   Quenby, Siobhan M ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLINDAMYCIN; DALTEPARIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CERCLAGE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEWBORN DEATH; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT ABORTION; RISK; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TRANSABDOMINAL CERCLAGE; UTERINE CERVIX INCOMPETENCE; UTERINE CERVIX WEAKNESS; VAGINA; VAGINA SUTURE; VAGINITIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UTERINE CERVIX CERCLAGE; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADULT; CERCLAGE, CERVICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; UTERINE CERVICAL DISEASES;

EID: 32944461270     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2005.00680.x     Document Type: Article

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