Cervical pessary in pregnant women with a short cervix

The Lancet

Volumn 380, Issue 9845, 2012, Pages 887-

  Hui, A S Y ^a   Lao, Terence T ^a   Ting, Y H ^a   Leung, T Y ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; CERVICAL LENGTH MEASUREMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; LETTER; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAMPLE SIZE; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VAGINA PESSARY;

EID: 84865720641     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61504-9     Document Type: Letter

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