Sonographic cervical length measurement in pregnant women with a cervical pessary

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 205-209

  Goya, M ^a   Pratcorona, L ^a   Higueras, T ^a   Perez Hoyos, S ^b   Carreras, E ^a   Cabero, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

cervical length; cervical pessary; preterm birth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL LENGTH MEASUREMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINA; VAGINA PESSARY;

CERVICAL LENGTH MEASUREMENT; CERVIX UTERI; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PESSARIES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREMATURE BIRTH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VAGINA;

EID: 80051801395     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.8960     Document Type: Article

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