Successful outcome of advanced abdominal pregnancy with exclusive omental insertion

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 192-194

  Varma, R ^a   Mascarenhas, L ^b   James, D ^c  

^a BEDFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal pregnancy; Omentum; Perinatal outcome; Umbilical Doppler sonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MORTALITY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LABORATORY TEST; OMENTUM; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UMBILICAL CORD;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; OMENTUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, ABDOMINAL;

EID: 0037294077     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.25     Document Type: Article

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