Measurements of the lower uterine segment during gestation

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 214-217

  Ginsberg, Yuval ^a   Goldstein, Israel ^a   Lowenstein, Lior ^a   Weiner, Zeev ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cesarean section; Lower uterine segment; Myometrial thickness; Singleton; Sonographic; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MYOMETRIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS;

ADULT; CERVIX UTERI; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MYOMETRIUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; REFERENCE VALUES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERUS;

EID: 84876411829     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.22023     Document Type: Article

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