Expectant management compared with physical examination-indicated cerclage (EM-PEC) in selected women with a dilated cervix at 140/7-256/7 weeks: results from the EM-PEC international cohort study

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 197, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 483.e1-483.e8

  Pereira, Leonardo ^a   Cotter, Amanda ^b   Gómez, Ricardo ^c   Berghella, Vincenzo ^d   Prasertcharoensuk, Witoon ^e   Rasanen, Juha ^f   Chaithongwongwatthana, Surasith ^g   Mittal, Suneeta ^h   Daly, Sean ⁱ   Airoldi, Jim ^j   Tolosa, Jorge E ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^g CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^h ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

ⁱ Pathology Research Laboratory   (Ireland)

^j ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Author keywords

cerclage; premature cervical dilation; preterm birth

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DIGITAL IMAGING; EXPECTANT MOTHER; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ULTRASOUND; UTERINE CERVIX CERCLAGE; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION;

EID: 35549008014     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2007.05.041     Document Type: Article

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