Mid‐trimester sonographic cervical consistency index to predict spontaneous preterm birth in a low‐risk population

To investigate the effectiveness of mid‐trimester sonographic cervical consistency index (CCI) for the prediction of spontaneous preterm birth (sPTB) in low‐risk pregnancies and to compare its performance with that of mid‐trimester sonographic cervical‐length (CL) measurement.

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