The natural course of spontaneous miscarriage: Analysis of signs and symptoms in 188 expectantly managed women

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 53, Issue 494, 2003, Pages 704-708

  Wieringa de Waard, Margreet ^a   Ankum, Willem M ^a   Bonsel, Gouke J ^a   Vos, Jeroen ^a   Biewenga, Petra ^a   Bindels, Patrick J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

First trimester pregnancy; Haemorrhage; Pregnancy complications; Spontaneous abortion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURETTAGE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; PAIN; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; PROBABILITY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SYMPTOM; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ABORTION, INCOMPLETE; ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CURETTAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PRENATAL CARE;

EID: 0042697608     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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