Preterm birth: The value of sonographic measurement of cervical length

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 113, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2006, Pages 52-56

  Kagan, K O ^a   To, M ^a   Tsoi, E ^a   Nicolaides, K H ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervical length; Management; Preterm birth; Risk; Transvaginal ultrasound scanning

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN; PROGESTERONE; STEROID; UTERUS SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

AMNION FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEMBRANE RUPTURE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TWIN PREGNANCY; UTERINE CERVIX;

CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; VAGINA;

EID: 33845587350     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2006.01124.x     Document Type: Review

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