Longitudinal examination of cervical volume and vascularization changes during the antepartum and postpartum period using three-dimensional and power Doppler ultrasound

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 461-465

  Yilmaz, Nur Cansu ^a   Yiǧiter, Alin Başgül ^b   Kavak, Zehra Nese ^a   Durukan, Birol ^c   Gokaslan, Husnu ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL BILIM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c GOZTEPE TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cervical volume; pregnancy outcome; threedimensional ultrasound; VOCAL

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NULLIPARA; ORGAN SIZE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TERM BIRTH; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; CERVIX UTERI; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PARITY; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956466937     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2010.087     Document Type: Article

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