Large loop excision of transformation zone and cervical length in the prediction of spontaneous preterm delivery

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 692-698

  Poon, L C Y ^a,b   Savvas, M ^a   Zamblera, D ^b   Skyfta, E ^a   Nicolaides, K H ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEWISHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervical length; large loop excision of the transformation zone; screening; spontaneous preterm delivery

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ARTICLE; CERVICAL LENGTH MEASUREMENT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; LARGE LOOP EXCISION OF THE TRANSFORMATION ZONE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPONTANEOUS PLACENTAL DELIVERY;

AFRICA; ASIA; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; LONDON; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84859718168     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2011.03203.x     Document Type: Article

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