Sonographic versus clinical evaluation as predictors of residual trophoblastic tissue

Human Reproduction

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1107-1111

  Ben Ami, Ido ^a,b   Schneider, David ^a,b   Maymon, Ron ^a,b   Vaknin, Zvika ^a,b   Herman, Arie ^a,b   Halperin, Reuvit ^a,b  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Clinical estimation; Diagnostic accuracy; Residual trophoblastic tissue; Sensitivity and specificity; Transvaginal sonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURETTAGE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EXPERT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY DISORDER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TROPHOBLAST; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

EID: 18744395253     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh689     Document Type: Article

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