Dynamic cervical change: Is real-time sonographic cervical shortening predictive of preterm delivery in patients with symptoms of preterm labor?

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 373-376

  Jenkins, S M ^a,b,d   Kurtzman, J T ^a,c   Osann, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LONG BEACH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Memorial Care   (United States)

^d CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervix; Dynamic change; Preterm delivery; Transvaginal; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

UTERUS SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX;

ADULT; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 33646684080     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.2741     Document Type: Article

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