A predictive model of short cervix at 20-24 weeks using first-trimester cervical length measurement and maternal history

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 202-206

  Souka, A P ^a   Papastefanou, I ^a   Michalitsi, V ^a   Papadopoulos, G K ^b   Kassanos, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cervical incompetence; First trimester cervical length; Preterm delivery; Short cervix; Transvaginal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT UTERINE CERVIX; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CERVICAL LENGTH MEASUREMENT; CERVIX UTERI; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE CERVICAL DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79251491402     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.2683     Document Type: Article

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