The predictive value of sonographic cervical length measurement and fetal fibronection testing to determine true preterm labour;Ultrasonografi̇k servi̇kal uzunluk ölçümü ve fetal fi̇bronekti̇n testi̇ni̇n gerçek preterm eylemi̇ tespi̇t etmedeki̇ yeri̇

Turk Jinekoloji ve Obstetrik Dernegi Dergisi

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 189-195

  Sümer, Çiǧdem ^a   Yalvaç, Serdar ^a   Kandemir, Ömer ^a   Karçaaltincaba, Deniz ^a   Haberal, Ali ^a  

^a Ankara Etlik Zübeyde Hanim Kadin Hastaliklari Eǧitim Araştirma Hastanesi ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cervical length measurement; Fetal fibronectin; Preterm labour

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN;

ARTICLE; CERVICAL LENGTH MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DELIVERY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VAGINA SECRETION;

EID: 77954899628     PISSN: 13054252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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