Non-viable cervico-isthmic pregnancy: The importance of an accurate sonographic diagnosis to preserve fertility

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 289-291

  Loureiro, Teresa ^a   Cunha, Manuela ^a   Marques, Eduarda ^a   Libânia Araújo, Maria ^a   Montenegro, Nuno ^a   Laurini, Ricardo ^a   Exposito, Maria Isabel ^a   Del Pilar Martinez, Maria ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cervico isthmic pregnancy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CURETTAGE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; IMPLANTATION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE TUBE PREGNANCY; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC;

EID: 0041660719     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000071985     Document Type: Article

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