Echogenic peritoneal fluid as an isolated sonographic finding: Significance in patients at risk of ectopic pregnancy

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 520-522

  Wachsberg, R H ^a   Levine, C D ^a  

^a University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERITONEAL FLUID; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

EID: 0031903574     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-9260(98)80173-6     Document Type: Article

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