Ultrasonographic assessment of cervix size and its correlation with female characteristics, pregnancy, BMI, and other anthropometric features

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 283, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 545-550

  Londero, A P ^a   Bertozzi, S ^a   Fruscalzo, A ^b   Driul, L ^a   Marchesoni, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b Gesundheitszentrum Rheine Mathias Spital ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Cervical measurement; Cervical size; Gynecological ultrasonography; Teenage pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MORPHOLOGY; NULLIPARA; ORGAN SIZE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951723988     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-010-1377-5     Document Type: Article

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