The use of a new logistic regression model for predicting the outcome of pregnancies of unknown location

Human Reproduction

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1900-1910

  Condous, G ^a   Okaro, E ^a   Khalid, A ^a   Timmerman, D ^b   Lu, C ^c   Zhou, Y ^c   Van Huffel, S ^c   Bourne, T ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ectopic pregnancy; Failing PUL; Intrauterine pregnancy; Logistic regression; Pregnancy of unknown location (PUL)

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; AGE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

EID: 4344573702     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh341     Document Type: Article

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