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Descriptor English: Cervical Length Measurement
Descriptor Spanish: Medición de Longitud Cervical
Descriptor medida de la longitud del cuello uterino
Scope note: Determinación de la longitud del CUELLO UTERINO, que suele usarse en la ECOGRAFÍA OBSTÉTRICA. La determinación de la longitud cervical o del acortamiento del cuello del útero se utiliza para identificar y prevenir la dilatación cervical precoz y el PARTO PREMATURO.
Descriptor Portuguese: Medida do Comprimento Cervical
Descriptor French: Mesure de la longueur du col utérin
Entry term(s): Cervical Length Measurements
Tree number(s): E01.370.350.850.865.249
E01.370.378.630.865.249
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D054791
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.
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
DE drug effects
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
PX psychology
RE radiation effects
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Previous Indexing: Cervix Uteri (1988-2007)
Ultrasonography (1988-2007)
Public MeSH Note: 2008
History Note: 2008
DeCS ID: 52856
Unique ID: D054791
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Date Established: 2008/01/01
Date of Entry: 2007/07/09
Cervical Length Measurement - Preferred
Concept UI M0507662
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.
Preferred term Cervical Length Measurement
Entry term(s) Cervical Length Measurements



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