Sonography of pregnancies with first-trimester bleeding and a viable embryo: A study of prognostic indicators by logistic regression analysis

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 165-169

  Falco, P ^a   Milano, V ^a   Pilu, G ^a,b   David, C ^a   Grisolla, G ^a   Rizzo, N ^a   Bovicelli, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abortion; Fetus; Pregnancy abnormalities; Transvaginal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS HEART; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTERUS BLEEDING;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; CROWN-RUMP LENGTH; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0030100167     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1996.07030165.x     Document Type: Article

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