Cervical length screening with ultrasound-indicated cerclage compared with history-indicated cerclage for prevention of preterm birth: A meta-analysis

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 148-155

  Berghella, Vincenzo ^a   MacKeen, A Dhanya ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; CERCLAGE; CERVICAL LENGTH MEASUREMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; META ANALYSIS; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CERCLAGE, CERVICAL; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECURRENCE;

EID: 79959628692     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e31821fd5b0     Document Type: Review

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