Diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound above and below the beta-hCG discriminatory zone

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 583-587

  Barnhart, Kurt T ^a   Simhan, Hyagiv ^a   Kamelle, Scott A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0032842190     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(99)00347-6     Document Type: Article

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