Early (34-56 days from last menstrual period) ultrasonographic measurements in normal pregnancies

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1771-1774

  Coulam, C B ^a,b   Britten, S ^b   Soenksen, D M ^b  

^a Chicago Center for Human Reproduction   (United States)

^b GENETICS AND IVF INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Early gestation; Embryonic heart rate; Embryonic pole length; Gestational sac diameter; Transvaginal ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO GROWTH; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029756479     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019483     Document Type: Article

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