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The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine Volume 25, 2012 - Issue 11
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Original Article

Suture type and ultrasound-indicated cerclage efficacy

Vincenzo BerghellaDivision of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Jeff M. SzychowskiDepartment of Biostatistics, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA
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John OwenDivision of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA
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Gary HankinsDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA
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Jay D. IamsDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA
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Jeanne S. SheffieldDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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Annette Perez-DelboyDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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Deborah A. WingDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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Edwin R. GuzmanDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
& for the Vaginal Ultrasound Trial Consortium show all
Pages 2287-2290 | Received 14 Dec 2011, Accepted 20 Apr 2012, Published online: 14 May 2012

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