Ultrasonographic cervical length and risk of hemorrhage in pregnancies with placenta previa

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 595-600

  Stafford, Irene A ^a   Dashe, Jodi S ^a   Shivvers, Stephan A ^a   Alexander, James M ^a   McIntire, Donald D ^a   Leveno, Kenneth J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CERVICAL LENGTH MEASUREMENT; DELIVERY; DYNAMOMETER; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLACENTA PREVIA; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STILLBIRTH; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TOCODYNAMOMETER; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING; UTERUS CONTRACTION; ECHOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS BLEEDING;

ADULT; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; PLACENTA PREVIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PREMATURE BIRTH; UTERINE CONTRACTION; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 77957256018     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181ea2deb     Document Type: Article

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