Intradecidual sign: Is it effective in diagnosis of an early intrauterine pregnancy?

Radiology

Volumn 204, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 655-660

  Laing, Faye C ^b   Brown, Douglas L ^b   Price, Jeremy F ^b   Teeger, Susan ^a,b   Wong, Marilyn L ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetus, growth and development; Pregnancy, abnormalities; Pregnancy, ectopic; Uterus, US

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; UTERUS FLUID;

EID: 0030863228     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.204.3.9280240     Document Type: Article

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