Electrical impedance spectroscopy of the cervix in non-pregnant and pregnant women

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 145-149

  Gandhi, Saurabh V ^a   Walker, Dawn ^a   Milnes, Pete ^a   Mukherjee, Soma ^a   Brown, Brian H ^a   Anumba, Dilly O C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collagen; Electrical impedance; Finite element model; Pregnancy; Uterine cervix

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPEDANCE; IN VIVO STUDY; LEUKOCYTE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS; TECHNIQUE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UTERINE CERVIX; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 33845402537     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2005.12.029     Document Type: Article

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