The sonographic and color Doppler features of retained products of conception

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2005, Pages

  Durfee, Sara M ^a,c   Frates, Mary C ^a   Luong, Angela ^a,b   Benson, Carol B ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Color Doppler sonography; Postpartum; Retained products of conception; Sonography; Uterus

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; BLOOD; COLOR; DOPPLER EFFECT; HEMODYNAMICS; PATIENT TREATMENT;

COLOR DOPPLER SONOGRAPHY; POSTPARTUM; RETAINED PRODUCTS OF CONCEPTION; SONOGRAPHY; UTERUS;

ULTRASONICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABOR COMPLICATION; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PUERPERIUM; RETAINED PLACENTA; RETAINED PRODUCTS OF CONCEPTION; REVIEW; ULTRASOUND; UTERUS; VAGINA BLEEDING;

EID: 24144440016     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2005.24.9.1181     Document Type: Review

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