Is this patient pregnant?: Can you reliably rule in or rule out early pregnancy by clinical examination?

JAMA

Volumn 278, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 586-591

  Bastian, Lori A ^a,b   Piscitelli, Joanne T ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW;

EID: 0030820742     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.278.7.586     Document Type: Review

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