A prospective study of ultrasound screening for molar pregnancies in missed miscarriages

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 493-497

  Johns, J ^a   Greenwold, N ^a   Buckley, S ^a   Jauniaux, E ^a,b  

^a Napolitano and Prof David)   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Histopathology; Miscarriage; Mole; Placenta; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT;

ADULT; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MISSED ABORTION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ABORTION, MISSED; ABORTION, THERAPEUTIC; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 18844444238     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.1888     Document Type: Article

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