Accuracy of home pregnancy tests at the time of missed menses

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 100-105

  Cole, Laurence A ^a,b   Khanlian, Sarah A ^a   Sutton, Jaime M ^a   Davies, Suzy ^a   Rayburn, William F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Home pregnancy test; Human chorionic gonadotropin; Missed menses

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MENSTRUATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0742321924     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2003.08.043     Document Type: Article

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