Sonography of pregnancies with first-trimester bleeding and a small intrauterine gestational sac without a demonstrable embryo

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 62-65

  Falco, P ^a   Zagonari, S ^a   Gabrielli, S ^a   Bevini, M ^a   Pilu, G ^a   Bovicelli, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fetus; Gestational sac; Miscarriage; Pregnancy abnormalities; Transvaginal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO MEMBRANE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS OUTCOME; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MENSTRUATION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; VAGINA BLEEDING; YOLK SAC; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERUS BLEEDING;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0038323979     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.2     Document Type: Article

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