Cervical length in the early second trimester for detection of triplet pregnancies at risk for preterm birth

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1187-1191

  Maslovitz, Sharon ^a,b   Hartoov, Joseph ^a   Wolman, Igal ^a   Jaffa, Ariel ^a   Lessing, Joseph B ^a   Fait, Gideon ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b LIS MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cervical length; Preterm; Triplets

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH CARE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

GESTATION PERIOD; MORBIDITY; PREGNANCY;

ULTRASONICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREMATURE LABOR; RISK FACTOR; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVIX;

EID: 4444270303     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2004.23.9.1187     Document Type: Article

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