Innovative methods of cervical assessment and potential for novel treatment

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 531-536

  Feltovich, Helen ^a,b   House, Michael ^c  

^a Maternal Fetal Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cervical microstructural assessment; novel treatments for cervical insufficiency; preterm birth; quantitative ultrasound; short cervix

Indexed keywords

ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LABOR STAGE 1; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROCEDURES; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING;

CERVICAL RIPENING; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR STAGE, FIRST; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84905719657     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: 15325520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GRF.0000000000000049     Document Type: Conference Paper

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