Prevention of spontaneous preterm birth: the role of sonographic cervical length in identifying patients who may benefit from progesterone treatment

@article{Romero2007PreventionOS,
  title={Prevention of spontaneous preterm birth: the role of sonographic cervical length in identifying patients who may benefit from progesterone treatment},
  author={R. Romero},
  journal={Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology},
  year={2007},
  volume={30}
}
  • R. Romero
  • Published 2007
  • Medicine
  • Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology
    • The importance of progesterone in the maintenance of mammalian pregnancy is well established1–18. Similarly, a decline in progesterone action is believed to be central to the initiation of parturition in most mammalian species, including primates5,7,8,12–14,19,20, although the precise mechanism for this in humans has not been elucidated5,7,9,13,14,21–25. Progestogen (a term that, like progestin, includes both ‘natural’ progesterone and synthetic compounds with progesterone action)26… CONTINUE READING
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      INTERVENTIONAL CLINICAL TRIAL
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      The purpose of this research study is to evaluate the usefulness of progesterone vaginal gel in decreasing the preterm birth rate in a population of pregnant women with short cervical… Expand
      ConditionsPreterm Delivery, Short Cervix, Short Uterine Cervical Length
      InterventionDrug
      Juniper Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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