The value of serial cervical length measurements for the prediction of threatened preterm labour

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-20

  Sotiriadis, Alexandros ^a   Kavvadias, Alexios ^a   Papatheodorou, Stefania ^a   Paraskevaidis, Evangelos ^a   Makrydimas, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cervical length; Cervix; Prediction; Preterm birth; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL LENGTH MEASUREMENT; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 72049106378     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2009.08.020     Document Type: Article

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