Indomethacin administration at the time of ultrasound-indicated cerclage: is there an association with a reduction in spontaneous preterm birth?

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 198, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 643.e1-643.e3

  Visintine, John ^a   Airoldi, James ^a   Berghella, Vincenzo ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cerclage; indomethacin; preterm birth

Indexed keywords

INDOMETACIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; ULTRASOUND; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX CERCLAGE;

EID: 44649150389     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2007.11.052     Document Type: Article

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