Role of Doppler ultrasonography in the prediction of pregnancy outcome in women with recurrent spontaneous abortion

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 557-562

  Frates, Mary C ^a,b   Doubilet, Peter M ^a   Brown, Douglas L ^a   Benson, Carol B ^a   DiSalvo, Donald N ^a   Laing, Faye C ^a   Berck, David J ^a   Hill, Joseph A ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Pregnancy, early; Pregnancy, outcome; Recurrent abortion; Ultrasonography, Doppler; Uteroplacental circulation

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; BLOOD VESSELS; HEMODYNAMICS; MEDICAL IMAGING; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT MONITORING;

DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY; GRAY SCALE SONOGRAPHY; PREGNANCY; RECURRENT ABORTION; RESISTIVE INDEX; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; UTERINE VESSELS; UTEROPLACENTAL CIRCULATION;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT ABORTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

EID: 0030221803     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.1996.15.8.557     Document Type: Article

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