Decline of serum human chorionic gonadotropin and spontaneous complete abortion: defining the normal curve

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 975-81

  Sammel, Mary D ^a   Chung, Karine ^a   Zhou, Lan ^a   Guo, Wensheng ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; CURETTAGE; CURVE FITTING; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARAMETRIC TEST; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TROPHOBLAST;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 16244415861     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000142712.80407.fd     Document Type: Article

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