Cervical length and phosphorylated IGFBP-1 in prediction of preterm birth

摘要

Preterm birth before completed 37th gestational week is extremely important clinical problem as it produces neonatal mortality and morbidity, as well as many negative short-term and long-term consequences to newborns, especially to the extremely preterm ones. The objective of our study was to determine the relationship between cervical length (CL), phosphorylated insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1 (phIGFBP-1) and spontaneous preterm births.ud