Yolk sac size and embryonic heart rate as prognostic factors of first trimester pregnancy outcome

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 10-13

  Varelas, Fotios K ^a   Prapas, Nicolaos M ^a   Liang, Ren Ing ^a   Prapas, Ioannis M ^a   Makedos, Georgios A ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Embryonic heart rate; First trimester of pregnancy; Spontaneous abortion; Yolk sac

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; EMBRYO CELL; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; ROC CURVE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; YOLK SAC;

EID: 42949149069     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2007.06.023     Document Type: Article

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