Time of implantation of the conceptus and loss of pregnancy

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 340, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 1796-1799

  Wilcox, Allen J ^a   Baird, Donna Day ^a   Weinberg, Clarice R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0033542393     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199906103402304     Document Type: Article

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