Sonographic longitudinal cervical length measurements in nulliparous women at term: Prediction of spontaneous onset of labor

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 652-656

  Meijer Hoogeveen, M ^a   Van Holsbeke, C ^c   Van Der Tweel, I ^b   Stoutenbeek, P ^a   Visser, G H A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cervical length; Maternal position; Pregnancy; Term; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DELIVERY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABOR ONSET; NORMAL HUMAN; NULLIPARA; PARAMETER; PREDICTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX LENGTH; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CERVICAL LENGTH MEASUREMENT; CERVIX UTERI; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR ONSET; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PARITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 55549146841     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.5291     Document Type: Article

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