Viable extreme preterm birth and some neonatal outcomes in double cerclage versus traditional cerclage: A randomized clinical trial

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Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages 1660-1666

  Broumand, Farzaneh ^a,b   Bahadori, Fatemeh ^a   Behrouzilak, Tahereh ^a   Yekta, Zahra ^c   Ashrafi, Farkhondeh ^a  

^a URMIA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b URMIA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c URMIA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cervical cerclage; Clinical trial; Double cerclage; Incompetent cervix; Preterm birth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE CERVICAL CERCLAGE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MCDONALD CERCLAGE; OPERATION DURATION; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UTERINE CERVIX CERCLAGE;

CERCLAGE, CERVICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH;

EID: 80053191612     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/2011/486259     Document Type: Article

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