Salivary progesterone and cervical length measurement as predictors of spontaneous preterm birth

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1147-1151

  Maged, Ahmed M ^a   Mohesen, Mohamed ^b   Elhalwagy, Ahmed ^a   Abdelhafiz, Ali ^a  

^a Cairo University   (Egypt)

^b BENI SUEF UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cervical length; preterm birth; salivary progesterone

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL LENGTH MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EGYPT; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY ANALYZER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW RISK POPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME ULTRASOUND SCANNER; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVA LEVEL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS CONTRACTION; ECHOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; SALIVA; UTERINE CERVIX;

ADULT; CERVICAL LENGTH MEASUREMENT; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROGESTERONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SALIVA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84940661591     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2014.947474     Document Type: Article

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