Qualitative glandular cervical score as a potential new sonomorphological parameter in screening for preterm delivery

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 333-338

  Grgic, Ozren ^a,b   Matijevic, Ratko ^a   Vasilj, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b Croatian Academy of Medical Sciences   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Cervical gland invasion; Cervical length; Cervical mucus area; Preterm delivery; Screening test; Second trimester; Transvaginal sonography

Indexed keywords

POPULATION STATISTICS; SCREENING; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

CERVICAL GLAND INVASION; CERVICAL LENGTH; CERVICAL MUCUS AREA; PRETERM DELIVERY; SCREENING TEST; SECOND TRIMESTER; TRANSVAGINAL SONOGRAPHY;

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CERVIX MUCUS; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 33644829693     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2005.12.010     Document Type: Article

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