Comparison of cervical volume and cervical length to predict preterm delivery by transvaginal ultrasound

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 167-171

  Dilek, Talat Umut Kutlu ^a,b   Gurbuz, Ayfer ^a   Yazici, Gurkan ^a   Arslan, Murat ^a   Gulhan, Sitki ^a   Pata, Ozlem ^a   Dilek, Saffet ^a  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cervical length; Cervical volume; Preterm delivery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; APPARATUS; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORGAN SIZE; PREDICTION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TERM BIRTH; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX LENGTH; UTERINE CERVIX VOLUME;

ADULT; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 33646058267     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-934102     Document Type: Article

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