Sonography in first trimester bleeding

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 352-366

  Dighe, Manjiri ^a   Cuevas, Carlos ^a   Moshiri, Mariam ^a   Dubinsky, Theodore ^a   Dogra, Vikram S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bleeding; First trimester; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; PROGESTERONE;

CHORION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 47149101484     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20451     Document Type: Review

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