Bleeding following pregnancy loss before 6 weeks' gestation

Human Reproduction

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 853-857

  Promislow, J H E ^a   Baird, D D ^a   Wilcox, A J ^a   Weinberg, C R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bleed length; Menses; Pregnancy loss; Spontaneous abortion

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MENSTRUATION; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; PREGNANCY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENSTRUATION; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST;

EID: 34247884508     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/del417     Document Type: Article

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