Normative data of cervical length in singleton pregnancy in women attending a tertiary care hospital in eastern India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 492-496

  Mukherji, Joydev ^a   Anant, Monika ^a   Ghosh, Suhas ^b   Bhattacharyya, Subir Kumar ^a   Hazra, Avijit ^a   Kamilya, Gouri Sankar ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF POST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Cervical length; Normative data; Preterm labour; Transvaginal sonography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; PREMATURITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CERVIX UTERI; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INDIA; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 79958186395     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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