First-trimester screening for spontaneous preterm delivery with maternal characteristics and cervical length

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 154-161

  Greco, Elena ^a,b   Gupta, Rachna ^a,b   Syngelaki, Argyro ^a   Poon, Leona C Y ^a   Nicolaides, Kypros H ^a,b,c  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c MEDWAY MARITIME HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervical length; First trimester screening; Preterm delivery; Pyramid of pregnancy care

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CERVICAL LENGTH MEASUREMENT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SPONTANEOUS PLACENTAL DELIVERY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX CERCLAGE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; CERVIX UTERI; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENGLAND; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84860337957     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: 14219964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000335686     Document Type: Article

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