Routine pre-evacuation ultrasound diagnosis of hydatidiform mole: Experience of more than 1000 cases from a regional referral center

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 56-60

  Fowler, D J ^a   Lindsay, I ^a   Seckl, M J ^a   Sebire, N J ^a  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complete; Hydatidiform mole; Miscarriage; Non molar; Partial; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TROPHOBLASTIC DISEASE; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 31144451499     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.2592     Document Type: Review

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