Cervical length ≤25 mm in low-risk women: a case control study of cerclage with rest vs rest alone

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 197, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 315.e1-315.e4

  Incerti, Maddalena ^a   Ghidini, Alessandro ^a,b   Locatelli, Anna ^a   Poggi, Sarah H ^b   Pezzullo, John C ^c  

^a SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b INOVA ALEXANDRIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cervical cerclage; cervical incompetence; preterm birth; short cervix

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX CERCLAGE; UTERINE CERVIX INCOMPETENCE; BED REST; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UTERINE CERVIX;

ADULT; BED REST; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERCLAGE, CERVICAL; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREMATURE BIRTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE CERVICAL INCOMPETENCE;

EID: 34548412247     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2007.06.029     Document Type: Article

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