Cervical gland area: A new sonographic marker in predicting preterm delivery

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 285, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 255-258

  Afzali, Nargess ^a,b   Mohajeri, Marzieh ^a   Malek, Abdolreza ^a   Alamatian, Atefeh ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b 22 Bahman Hospital   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cervical gland Area; Cervical insufficiency; Preterm delivery; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CERVICAL GLAND AREA; CERVICAL LENGTH MEASUREMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; PREDICTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX CERCLAGE; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860804081     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: 14320711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-011-1986-7     Document Type: Article

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