Use of transvaginal ultrasonography to predict preterm birth in women with a history of preterm birth

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 640-645

  Crane, J M G ^a,b   Hutchens, D ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cervical length; Preterm birth; Transvaginal ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABOR ONSET; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CERVICAL LENGTH MEASUREMENT; CERVIX UTERI; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; HUMANS; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 55549122374     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.6143     Document Type: Article

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