Short and inflamed cervix predicts spontaneous preterm birth (COLIBRI study)

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1015-1019

  Raiche, Evelyne ^a   Ouellet, Annie ^a   Berthiaume, Maryse ^b   Rousseau, Éric ^a   Pasquier, Jean Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cervical length; Cytokines; Inflammation; Pre term birth; Transvaginal ultrasound; Vaginal secretions

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 8; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL LENGTH MEASUREMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DACRON SWABS SET; DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING EQUIPMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPH; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONTANEOUS PRETERM BIRTH; STANDARDIZATION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVICITIS; VAGINAL SECRETION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECHOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINA;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CERVICAL LENGTH MEASUREMENT; CERVIX UTERI; CYTOKINES; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-8; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VAGINA;

EID: 84902199161     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2013.847917     Document Type: Article

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