Threatened miscarriage: Evaluation and management

British Medical Journal

Volumn 329, Issue 7458, 2004, Pages 152-155

  Sotiriadis, Alexandros ^a   Papatheodorou, Stefania ^b   Makrydimas, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b Delvinaki Community Health Center   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPHENINE; CA 125 ANTIGEN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; INHIBIN A; PLASMA PROTEIN; PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED PLASMA PROTEIN A; PROGESTERONE; RHESUS D ANTIBODY; VASODILATOR AGENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BED REST; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART; FETUS HEART RATE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEART CONTRACTION; HUMAN; MATERNAL SERUM; META ANALYSIS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS BLEEDING; UTERUS RELAXATION; VAGINA BLEEDING;

EID: 3242716575     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.152     Document Type: Review

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