Cervical cerclage for prevention of preterm birth in women with twin pregnancy

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 110-112

  Eskandar, M ^a   Shafiq, H ^b   Almushait, M A ^a   Sobande, A ^a   Bahar, A M ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Abha Maternity Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Preterm birth; Prophylactic cerclage; Twin pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TWIN PREGNANCY; UTERINE CERVIX CERCLAGE;

EID: 35248838299     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2007.05.022     Document Type: Article

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