Risk factors for spontaneous abortion in early symptomatic first-trimester pregnancies

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 993-999

  Gracia, Clarisa R ^a   Sammel, Mary D ^a   Chittams, Jesse ^a   Hummel, Amy C ^a   Shaunik, Alka ^a   Barnhart, Kurt T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR PAIN; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; RISK FACTORS; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 27444444429     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000183604.09922.e0     Document Type: Article

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