Sonographic measurement of cervical length and risk of preterm delivery

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 809-814

  Demirci, Oya ^a   Ünal, Ayşegül ^a   Demirci, Elif ^a   Sözen, Hamdullah ^a   Akdemir, Yeşim ^a   Boybek, Esra ^a   Ertekin, Aktuǧ ^a  

^a Zeynep Kamil Maternity Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cervical length; Preterm delivery; Preterm labor; Tocolysis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

RITODRINE;

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL LENGTH MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; PAIN; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

CERVICAL LENGTH MEASUREMENT; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; TIME FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 80052769969     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2010.01440.x     Document Type: Article

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