Does the 10-MHz transvaginal transducer improve the diagnostic certainty that an intrauterine fluid collection is a true gestational sac?

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 374-377

  Benacerraf, Beryl R ^a,b,c   Shipp, Thomas D ^a,b   Bromley, Bryann ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Diagnostic Ultrasound Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Gestational sac; Pregnancy; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECIDUA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY TEST; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; YOLK SAC;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TESTS; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; YOLK SAC;

EID: 0032792730     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0096(199909)27:7<374::AID-JCU3>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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