Identification of preterm labor: The role of the firbronectine and ultrasound cervicometry and their association;La identificazione del travaglio pretermine: Ruolo della fibronectina e della cervicometria ecografica e loro associazione

Minerva Ginecologica

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 477-483

  Di Renzo, G C ^a   Giardina, I ^a   Coata, G ^a   Di Tommaso, M ^b   Facchinetti, F ^c   Petraglia, F ^d   Tranquilli, A L ^e   Rizzo, N ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cervical length measurement; Predictive value of tests; Premature birth; Tocolysis

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FETAL FIBRONECTIN TEST; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREMATURE LABOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; FIBRONECTINS; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; ORGAN SIZE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84055212179     PISSN: 00264784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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