The quality and size of yolk sac in early pregnancy loss

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 413-418

  Cho, Fu Nan ^a   Chen, San Nung ^a   Tai, Ming Hong ^a   Yang, Tsung Lung ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Gestational sac; Miscarriage; Pregnancy loss; Transvaginal ultrasonography; Yolk sac

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; BLIGHTED OVUM; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MISSED ABORTION; MORPHOLOGY; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; YOLK SAC;

ABORTION, MISSED; ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; YOLK SAC;

EID: 33748138859     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2006.00627.x     Document Type: Article

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