Cervical pessaries for prevention of spontaneous preterm birth: Past, present and future

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 390-399

  Arabin, B ^a,b   Alfirevic, Z ^c  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b Clara Angela Foundation Witten   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervical pessary; polyclinic setting; spontaneous preterm birth; transvaginal sonography in obstetrics

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; TWIN PREGNANCY; UTERINE CERVICAL DISEASES; VAGINA PESSARY; CERVICAL PESSARY; POLYCLINIC SETTING; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURITY; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS PRETERM BIRTH; TRANSVAGINAL SONOGRAPHY IN OBSTETRICS; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE;

BIOPSY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PESSARIES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, TWIN; PREMATURE BIRTH; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERINE CERVICAL DISEASES;

CERVICAL PESSARY; POLYCLINIC SETTING; SPONTANEOUS PRETERM BIRTH; TRANSVAGINAL SONOGRAPHY IN OBSTETRICS;

EID: 84884839846     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.12540     Document Type: Article

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