Do we need to follow up complete miscarriages with serum human chorionic gonadotrophin levels?

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 827-829

  Condous, G ^a   Okaro, E ^a   Khalid, A ^a   Bourne, T ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; PROGESTERONE;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATION PERIOD; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC;

EID: 20744453688     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2004.00542.x     Document Type: Article

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