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Nathan S Fox1, Claudel Jean-Pierre, Mladen Predanic
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA.
Abstract:
This study considers whether admission to the hospital of a patient diagnosed with a short cervix delayed delivery, prevented preterm delivery, and/or decreased the rate of change in the cervical length (CL) on follow-up measurements. The design was a retrospective cohort study of women carrying singleton pregnancies with cervical lengths
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