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Cervical effacement

Known as: cervix effacement, effacement cervical 
A shortening and thinning of cervix due to the action of uterine contractions during active labor to allow for fetal descent.
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Review
2016
Review
2016
Objective: To report the state of the science on acupuncture as a method for promoting cervical ripening and induction of labor… 
2014
2014
Prematurity and its prevention continue to be a major challenge for both the obstetrician and neonatologist. Preterm labour is… 
2013
2013
Term and preterm parturition have a common pathway that includes irregular uterine contractions, cervical effacement and… 
2012
2012
Objectives: To evaluate the applicability of the administration of Hyoscine-N-butylbromide (HBB) as a therapeutic modality for… 
Review
1999
Review
1999
Date of most recent substantive amendment: 14 May, 1997. ABSTRACT Objectives: To evaluate the effect of hospitalization… 
1989
1989
The incidence of cervical incompetence is 0.1-1%. A retrospective study of a six year period in the University Hospital of… 
1982
1982
Four clinical criteria of "cervical ripeness"--consistency, length, dilatation and station of the fetal head--were checked in… 
1981
1981
Seventy patients treated with isoxsuprine for premature labor were studied. In patients with intact membranes prolongation of…