Transvaginal ultrasound of the cervix in the estimation of severity of premature labour;Apport de l'échographie endovaginale du col uterin. Dans l'estimation de la sévérité de la menace d'accouchement prématuré

Tunisie Medicale

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 745-748

  Boudhraa, Khaled ^a   Rahouej, Hichem ^a   Gara, Med Faouzi ^a  

^a MONGI SLIM HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Bishop's score; Funneling; Premature labour; Utrasonographic cervical length

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL LENGTH MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNITY WARD; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PREMATURE LABOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX; ADOLESCENT; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; VAGINA;

ADOLESCENT; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VAGINA;

EID: 67649743232     PISSN: 00414131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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