Free echogenic pelvic fluid: Correlation with hemoperitoneum

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 431-435

  Sickler, G Kimberly ^a   Chen, Phebe C ^a   Dubinsky, Theodore J ^b   Maklad, Nabil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ectopic pregnancy; Pregnancy abnormalities; Pregnancy, ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; MEDICAL IMAGING; OBSTETRICS;

ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; TRANSVAGINAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0032125498     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.1998.17.7.431     Document Type: Article

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