Controversies regarding cervical incompetence, short cervix, and the need for cerclage

Clinics in Perinatology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 695-720

  Althuisius, Sietske ^a   Dekker, Gus ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION; UTERINE CERVIX CERCLAGE; UTERINE CERVIX INCOMPETENCE;

CERCLAGE, CERVICAL; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERINE CERVICAL INCOMPETENCE;

EID: 7044260994     PISSN: 00955108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2004.06.009     Document Type: Review

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