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... > Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Diagnostic Techniques, Obstetrical and Gynecological > Prenatal Diagnosis > Ultrasonography, Prenatal > Cervical Length Measurement
... > Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Diagnostic Imaging > Ultrasonography > Ultrasonography, Prenatal > Cervical Length Measurement

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Cervical Length Measurement  

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Scope note

  • A parameter usually used in PRENATAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY to measure the length of the uterine neck (CERVIX UTERI). Cervical length or its shortening is used to identify and prevent early cervical opening and PRETERM BIRTH.

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  • 2008

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D054791

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