Early first trimester ultrasound examination: Is it really efficient in the clinical management of the pregnancy?

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 267, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 76-80

  Gezer, A ^a   Esen, F ^a   Erdem, B ^a   Mutlu, H ^a   Kahraman, N ^a   Ocak, V ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Efficiency; First trimester; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MISSED ABORTION; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0037834855     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-001-0277-0     Document Type: Article

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