Sonographic endometrial three-layer pattern in symptomatic first- trimester pregnancy: Not diagnostic of ectopic pregnancy

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 199-201

  Wachsberg, Ronald H ^a   Karimi, Sasan ^a  

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

Author keywords

Ectopic; Pelvis; Pregnancy; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION;

ADULT; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0031919537     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0096(199805)26:4<199::AID-JCU4>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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