Centile charts of cervical length between 18 and 32 weeks of gestation

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 144-148

  Theron, Gerhard ^a   Schabort, Christene ^a   Norman, Karin ^a   Thompson, Mary ^b,c   Geerts, Lut ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Centile chart; Cervical length; Longitudinal measurements; Parity; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MULTIPARA; NULLIPARA; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REFERENCE VALUE; SOUTH AFRICA; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX LENGTH;

EID: 53149086626     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2008.06.011     Document Type: Article

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