Three-dimensional yolk and gestational sac volume: A prospective study of prognostic value

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 252-256

  Figueras, Francesc ^a   Torrents, Margarita ^b   Muñoz, Ana ^b   Comas, Carmina ^b   Antolin, Eugenia ^b   Echevarria, Monica ^b   Carrera, Jose Maria ^b  

^a INSTITUT UNIVERSITARI DEXEUS   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Abortion, spontaneous; Gestational sac; Prognosis; Ultrasonography, prenatal; Yolk sac

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; YOLK SAC;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; AMNION; COHORT STUDIES; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; YOLK SAC;

EID: 0037397201     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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