Is transabdominal sonography of the cervix after voiding a reliable method of cervical length assessment?

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1305-1311

  Saul, Lisa L ^a,b   Kurtzman, James T ^a,c   Hagemann, Cristiane ^a   Ghamsary, Mark ^d   Wing, Deborah A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LONG BEACH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Memorial Care   (United States)

^d LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Preterm delivery; Shortened cervix; Sonography; Transabdominal sonography; Transvaginal sonography

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

CERVICAL LENGTH; PEARSON CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; PRETERM DELIVERIES; RELIABLE METHODS; SHORTENED CERVIX; TOLERANCE INTERVAL; TRANSABDOMINAL SONOGRAPHY; TRANSVAGINAL SONOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER EMPTYING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MICTURITION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRANSABDOMINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX;

EID: 54149083944     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2008.27.9.1305     Document Type: Article

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