Gestational sac diameter in very early pregnancy as a predictor of fetal outcome

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 267-269

  Oh, J S ^a,c   Wright, G ^b   Coulam, C B ^b  

^a MERCY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Sher Institute for Reproductive Medicine   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Early pregnancy; Gestational sac size; Miscarriage; Pregnancy outcome; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS OUTCOME; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PLACENTA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0036378280     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.2002.00774.x     Document Type: Article

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