Controlled fine needle biopsy of the uterine cervix during pregnancy

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 737-742

  Keeler, Sean M ^a,b   Rust, Orion A ^b   Kiefer, Daniel G ^b   Prutsman, Wendy J ^b   Proudfit, Christine L ^a   Naftolin, Frederick ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

amniocentesis; core needle biopsy; premature labor; short cervix

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; INDOMETACIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL LENGTH MEASUREMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX INCOMPETENCE;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CERVICAL RIPENING; CERVIX UTERI; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79961072516     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719110396721     Document Type: Article

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