Transvaginal sonography of the yolk sac in normal and abnormal pregnancy

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-9

  Stampone, C ^a   Nicotra, M ^a   Muttinelli, C ^a   Cosmi, E V ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Pregnancy outcome; Transvaginal sonography; Yolk Sac

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; YOLK SAC;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; YOLK SAC;

EID: 0030065339     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0096(199601)24:1<3::AID-JCU1>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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